New housing units permitted
278
Across 227 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $79.5M.
ZIP 18356, PA (18356)
Monroe County · Population 179
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
PA 18356 (ZIP 18356) sits in Monroe County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Health-survey coverage is limited for this ZIP. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 4 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $8,543. Local establishments report average pay of $26,016 per worker (Census ZBP) — below the US average. FEMA has issued 21 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Annual precipitation averages 53.5" — a wet-climate ZCTA per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 6-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 1,312 residents (1,090 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Both healthcare access and on-paper school density skew lighter than national norms; what shows up here is a snapshot, not a verdict — neighborhood-level texture matters at this scale. Notable: fair market rent of $1,560 for a two-bedroom. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$1,110
/month
1 Bed
$1,190
/month
2 Bed
$1,560
/month
3 Bed
$2,010
/month
4 Bed
$2,240
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
Single-family
226
81% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
52
19% of total units
Single-family value
$74.8M
construction value
Multifamily value
$4.7M
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Business & employment
Business establishments
15
Total employment
821
Annual payroll
$21.4M
Average annual pay
$26,016
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$53,536
Average weekly wage
$1,030
Total employment
56,939
Total establishments
3,684
That is roughly 18% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
That is 0.2 percentage points above the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
82,950
Employed
79,447
Unemployed
3,503
Based on Monroe County, PA data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
21
Date Range
1965–2020
Most Recent Declaration
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Biological — declared March 30, 2020 (DR-4506)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Hurricane6 (29%)
- Flood6 (29%)
- Severe Storm4 (19%)
- Biological2 (10%)
- Snowstorm2 (10%)
- Other1 (5%)
Individual Assistance
8
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
6
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
19
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
7
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
50.4°F
39.8° – 61.1°
Annual precipitation
53.6"
Annual snowfall
41.6"
Heating · cooling days
5,952.7 · 673.8
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: E STROUDSBURG, PA US, 5 miles from the centroid of ZIP 18356 (ZIP 18356)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Air quality
Median daily AQI
35
GoodGood 329dModerate 30dUSG 1d
Peak AQI (2024)
119
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Primary pollutant
Ozone
360 days as main pollutant
Days measured
360
Based on Monroe County data (2024).
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
8,567
That is roughly 367 years per 100,000 above the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
18%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.2
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.6
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
6.8%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
40
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
3,348
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
8.4
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
79%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
50%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 9.4% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Monroe data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Moderate food access challenges
23.4% of Monroe County, PA residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.12
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
0.02
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.73
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.65
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 5.5% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Monroe County, PA for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Safety
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 0 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 0 reports
Homicide
0
Robbery
0
Burglary
0
Vehicle theft
0
County-level data for Monroe (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−1,312 people
−1,090 households • −$48.2M net AGI flow
Moved in
5,248households
9,079 people • $364.3M AGI
Moved out
6,338households
10,391 people • $412.4M AGI
Where new residents came from
- Northampton County, PA — 385 households
- Kings County, NY — 281 households
- Queens County, NY — 222 households
- Bronx County, NY — 171 households
- Pike County, PA — 166 households
Where departing residents went
- Northampton County, PA — 496 households
- Lehigh County, PA — 211 households
- Lackawanna County, PA — 192 households
- Luzerne County, PA — 161 households
- Carbon County, PA — 158 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $69,410 versus departing households' $65,073.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Pennsylvania
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 18356. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
3.07%
flat · 1 brackets
Sales tax (combined)
6.34%
State 6.00% · avg local 0.34%
Property tax (effective)
1.68%
Median $3,947/year
Tax burden rank
29 of 50
10.40% of personal income
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
200% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 18356
Nearby ZIPs by distance
18327 (Delaware Water Gap, 2.9 mi) · 18335 (2.9 mi) · 18301 (East Stroudsburg, 3.8 mi) · 07832 (Hainesburg, 5.4 mi) · 18302 (Saw Creek, 5.6 mi) · 18351 (Portland, 6.4 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
All Teeth Lost
13.3%
No national benchmark available.
Short Sleep Duration
39.5%
No national benchmark available.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
73.7%
No national benchmark available.
Dental Visit
67.5%
No national benchmark available.
Mammography
77.0%
No national benchmark available.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
4
Median in-state tuition
$8,543
Median earnings (10 yr)
$36,230
- 4-Year
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PA · 18301
- In-state tuition
- $11,536
- Out-of-state tuition
- $19,502
- Acceptance rate
- 92.0%
- Graduation rate
- 43.5%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $56,148
- Median student debt
- $24,218
- Certificate
CDE Career Institute
Tannersville, PA · 18372
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 59.6%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $30,894
- Median student debt
- $9,500
- Certificate
The Beauty Institute
Stroudsburg, PA · 18360
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 70.6%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $30,577
- Median student debt
- $10,830
- 2-Year
Northampton County Area Community College-Monroe
Tannersville, PA · 18372
- In-state tuition
- $5,550
- Out-of-state tuition
- $15,270
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- —
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $41,566
- Median student debt
- $15,495
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
What these numbers say together
PA 18356 (ZIP 18356) sits in Monroe County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Health-survey coverage is limited for this ZIP. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 4 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $8,543. Local establishments report average pay of $26,016 per worker (Census ZBP) — below the US average. FEMA has issued 21 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Annual precipitation averages 53.5" — a wet-climate ZCTA per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 6-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 1,312 residents (1,090 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Both healthcare access and on-paper school density skew lighter than national norms; what shows up here is a snapshot, not a verdict — neighborhood-level texture matters at this scale. Notable: fair market rent of $1,560 for a two-bedroom. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
Both surfaces skew lighter than national averages. That isn’t a verdict — small-area estimates compress real neighborhood-level texture, and a single ZIP reading can miss a district line or a hospital corridor sitting just outside it. Treat this as a starting point for fieldwork, not a conclusion.
Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 18356
How many businesses are in ZIP 18356?
As of 2022, 15 business establishments operated in ZIP 18356 employing 821 workers (Census ZIP Business Patterns, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the average salary in ZIP 18356?
The average annual pay across all local establishments in ZIP 18356 is $26,016, based on Census ZIP Business Patterns 2022 data (retrieved May 3, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 18356 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 18356 ranks in the 38th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a moderate vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 18356?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 18356, ranking in the 58th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 18356 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 21 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 18356 between 1965–2020 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 18356?
Hurricane is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 18356, accounting for 6 of 21 declarations (29%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 18356?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 18356 was "COVID-19 PANDEMIC" — a biological declared in 2020 (DR-4506) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 18356?
4 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 18356 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including East Stroudsburg University Of Pennsylvania, Cde Career Institute, and The Beauty Institute (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 18356?
Median in-state tuition across 4 nearby institutions is $8,543 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 18356?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $36,230 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 18356?
ZIP 18356 has an average annual temperature of 50.4°F and 53.5" of annual precipitation based on the E STROUDSBURG, PA US weather station 5.0 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 18356?
Pennsylvania has a flat income tax with a top rate of 3.07%. Combined sales tax: 6.34% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Pennsylvania have paid family leave?
Pennsylvania has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 18356?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (5 metrics), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (4 institutions), local business & employment from Census ZIP Business Patterns (2022), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (21 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Business & employment retrieved May 3, 2026 from Census ZBP (2022). Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (21 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 18356
Nearby ZIPs by distance
18327 (Delaware Water Gap, 2.9 mi) · 18335 (2.9 mi) · 18301 (East Stroudsburg, 3.8 mi) · 07832 (Hainesburg, 5.4 mi) · 18302 (Saw Creek, 5.6 mi) · 18351 (Portland, 6.4 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Data refreshed via Mubboo's ETL pipeline; oldest source on this page retrieved Apr 24, 2026.
Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
38th percentile
Moderate Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 171
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
5
Limited English Speakers
2
Persons with Disability
24
Without HS Diploma
3
Without Health Insurance
7
Adults Age 65+
21
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.