Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 18617 Glen Lyon, PA $129,012 $954 5.77% 13.9%
2 18705 Wilkes-Barre, PA $197,658 $1,331 5.25% 11.1%
3 18702 Wilkes-Barre, PA $179,267 $1,388 6.04% 10.4%
4 18505 Scranton, PA $190,289 $1,265 5.18% 10.1%
5 18452 Peckville, PA $240,328 $1,134 3.68% 9.7%
6 18508 Scranton, PA $158,319 $1,440 7.09% 9.6%
7 18510 Scranton, PA $202,454 $1,312 5.06% 9.5%
8 18509 Scranton, PA $223,086 $1,258 4.40% 9.5%
9 18701 Wilkes-Barre, PA $178,357 $1,271 5.56% 9.4%
10 18634 Nanticoke, PA $174,615 $1,108 4.95% 9.2%
11 18706 Wilkes-Barre, PA $187,948 $1,070 4.44% 8.7%
12 18518 Old Forge, PA $221,156 $1,400 4.94% 8.6%
13 18504 Scranton, PA $187,978 $1,265 5.25% 8.5%
14 18424 Gouldsboro, PA $265,724 $900 2.64% 8.3%
15 18447 Olyphant, PA $238,262 $1,354 4.43% 8.2%
16 18224 Freeland, PA $173,469 $1,224 5.50% 8.1%
17 18651 Plymouth, PA $158,097 $1,225 6.04% 8.0%
18 18403 Archbald, PA $257,654 $1,071 3.24% 7.9%
19 18709 Luzerne, PA $182,957 $927 3.95% 7.9%
20 18421 Forest City, PA $212,005 $918 3.38% 7.7%
21 18704 Kingston, PA $222,481 $1,420 4.98% 7.5%
22 18434 Jessup, PA $208,841 $1,116 4.17% 7.5%
23 18219 Conyngham, PA $278,343 $1,044 2.93% 7.1%
24 18661 White Haven, PA $252,007 $1,386 4.29% 7.0%
25 18507 Moosic, PA $252,701 $1,206 3.72% 7.0%

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 →