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Monroe County, PA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 31 ZIP codes inside Monroe County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
31
in this county
Total population
168,353
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
30
distinct city/town names
Avg density
122
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Monroe County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
18301 East Stroudsburg 29,685 301
18360 Stroudsburg 28,609 128
18302 East Stroudsburg 17,649 109
18466 Tobyhanna 17,492 193
18353 Saylorsburg 11,993 104
18058 Kunkletown 10,153 74
18330 Effort 9,247 247
18334 Long Pond 5,277 85
18610 Blakeslee 4,385 51
18326 Cresco 3,828 44
18344 Mount Pocono 3,616 178
18332 Henryville 2,977 80
18347 Pocono Lake 2,917 23
18322 Brodheadsville 2,829 158
18325 Canadensis 2,819 25
18346 Pocono Summit 2,605 56
18372 Tannersville 2,532 127
18321 Bartonsville 1,743 222
18335 Marshalls Creek 1,472 387
18354 Sciota 1,447 153
18355 Scotrun 1,276 47
18370 Swiftwater 1,120 197
18350 Pocono Pines 722 48
18327 Delaware Water Gap 613 423
18342 Mountainhome 543 25
18331 Gilbert 430 63
18349 Pocono Manor 160 72
18323 Buck Hill Falls 80 16
18356 Shawnee On Delaware 70 30
18357 Skytop 64 5
18333 Kresgeville

About Monroe County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Monroe County in Pennsylvania contains roughly 31 ZIP codes spread across 30 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 168,353. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Pennsylvania index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 122, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Monroe County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Monroe County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.