Most Affordable ZIP Codes in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (2026)

The lowest entry prices that still hold a decent investability rating — cheap is only useful if the market underneath it is sound.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 18232 1% rule Lansford, PA $97,155 $1,025 8.23% 8.8%
2 18250 Summit Hill, PA $163,458 $1,296 6.18% 7.2%
3 18216 Beaver Meadows, PA $180,461 $1,305 5.64% 8.4%
4 18254 Tresckow, PA $188,014 $1,458 6.05% 6.3%
5 18240 Nesquehoning, PA $201,285 $1,224 4.74% 6.3%
6 18030 Palmerton, PA $204,299 $1,224 4.67% 3.9%
7 18101 Allentown, PA $209,847 $1,602 5.96% 9.3%
8 18255 Weatherly, PA $213,946 $1,224 4.46% 4.9%
9 18102 Allentown, PA $225,979 $1,532 5.29% 9.0%
10 18079 Slatedale, PA $255,060 $1,224 3.74% 8.2%
11 18071 Palmerton, PA $262,125 $1,260 3.75% 5.2%
12 18109 Allentown, PA $272,828 $1,613 4.61% 8.2%
13 18042 Easton, PA $274,314 $1,819 5.17% 7.6%
14 18210 Albrightsville, PA $277,384 $1,395 3.92% 6.6%
15 18235 Lehighton, PA $284,068 $1,623 4.46% 6.5%
16 18229 Jim Thorpe, PA $287,333 $1,748 4.74% 7.3%
17 18032 Catasauqua, PA $291,865 $1,558 4.16% 7.2%
18 18015 Bethlehem, PA $296,372 $1,691 4.45% 6.7%
19 18018 Bethlehem, PA $303,049 $1,834 4.72% 6.6%
20 18063 Martins Creek, PA $307,574 $1,323 3.36% 7.1%
21 18072 Pen Argyl, PA $316,644 $1,475 3.63% 7.1%
22 18103 Allentown, PA $318,087 $1,732 4.25% 7.1%
23 18013 Bangor, PA $319,140 $1,574 3.85% 5.8%
24 18052 Whitehall, PA $345,567 $1,862 4.20% 6.9%
25 08865 Phillipsburg, NJ $345,984 $1,988 4.48% 6.7%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →