Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 18517 Taylor, PA $208,777 $1,900 7.10% 3.3%
2 18508 Scranton, PA $158,319 $1,440 7.09% 9.6%
3 18503 Scranton, PA $166,037 $1,400 6.58% —
4 18651 Plymouth, PA $158,097 $1,225 6.04% 8.0%
5 18702 Wilkes-Barre, PA $179,267 $1,388 6.04% 10.4%
6 18617 Glen Lyon, PA $129,012 $954 5.77% 13.9%
7 18701 Wilkes-Barre, PA $178,357 $1,271 5.56% 9.4%
8 18241 Nuremberg, PA $160,582 $1,134 5.51% 4.9%
9 18224 Freeland, PA $173,469 $1,224 5.50% 8.1%
10 18201 Hazleton, PA $203,871 $1,399 5.35% 6.6%
11 18407 Carbondale, PA $175,061 $1,201 5.35% 4.0%
12 18504 Scranton, PA $187,978 $1,265 5.25% 8.5%
13 18705 Wilkes-Barre, PA $197,658 $1,331 5.25% 11.1%
14 18505 Scranton, PA $190,289 $1,265 5.18% 10.1%
15 18510 Scranton, PA $202,454 $1,312 5.06% 9.5%
16 18704 Kingston, PA $222,481 $1,420 4.98% 7.5%
17 18634 Nanticoke, PA $174,615 $1,108 4.95% 9.2%
18 18518 Old Forge, PA $221,156 $1,400 4.94% 8.6%
19 18629 Mehoopany, PA $201,554 $1,233 4.77% 0.1%
20 18519 Dickson City, PA $202,525 $1,181 4.55% 3.2%
21 18618 Harveys Lake, PA $273,158 $1,584 4.52% 4.7%
22 18512 Scranton, PA $216,166 $1,233 4.45% 4.9%
23 18706 Wilkes-Barre, PA $187,948 $1,070 4.44% 8.7%
24 18447 Olyphant, PA $238,262 $1,354 4.43% 8.2%
25 18509 Scranton, PA $223,086 $1,258 4.40% 9.5%

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 →

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