ZIP Code 18517

In ZIP 18517, near Scranton, homes carry a median value of $190,100 while households earn a median of $77,120, and per-capita income sits at $38,433. The county's 1.49% effective property tax rate works out to roughly $2,833 annually on a home at that median value — about 3.7% of median household income. Sales tax adds 6.00% at checkout. Whether that property tax load feels heavy depends on the gap between the median and what an individual household actually earns, since per-capita income is well below the household figure.