Wilkes Barre, PA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
ZIP code 18615, near Wilkes Barre, sits in middle-income territory, with a median household income of $76,184 and per-capita income of $46,226. Homes here carry a median value of $229,100, and the county-level property tax rate of 1.31% means owners pay a meaningful share of that value each year in taxes. Add a 6.00% combined sales tax on purchases, and the overall tax load reflects a working- to middle-class area rather than an affluent one, where housing costs and income stay broadly aligned.
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