Scranton Homes For Sale
Scranton is the largest city in Northeast Pennsylvania, with about 76,000 residents, and the seat of Lackawanna County. Known as the Electric City since it ran the nation’s first successful electric streetcar system in 1886, it has a downtown of 19th-century commercial blocks, a Jesuit university on the hill above it, a national park devoted to steam railroading, and neighborhoods that range from Victorian estates to blocks of front-porch doubles. It is also, thanks to a certain television show, the most famous small city in the state.
Housing is neighborhood-specific. The Hill Section holds the mansions the coal and iron barons built, many now subdivided, near the University of Scranton and Nay Aug Park. Green Ridge is known for Victorian homes on tree-lined streets. West Scranton, where roughly three in ten residents live, is classic city living with porches, parks and churches. East Mountain has the city’s newer and larger homes near Lake Scranton, and South Side, North Scranton and Minooka offer the most affordable entry points.
Homes for Sale in Scranton, PA
Living in Scranton
Location and commute
Interstates 81, 84, 380 and 476 meet at Scranton along with U.S. Routes 6 and 11, which makes it the region’s crossroads for commuters to Wilkes-Barre (about 20 miles, under half an hour), the Poconos and Binghamton. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is about 6 miles south, and the average city commute is under 20 minutes.
Schools, colleges and hospitals
The Scranton School District serves the entire city with about 9,300 students in two high schools, three intermediate schools and nine elementary schools. Higher education is a major part of the local economy: the University of Scranton (founded 1888, about 4,600 students), Marywood University (founded 1915), Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Lackawanna College, Johnson College and Penn State Scranton. Geisinger Community Medical Center is the county’s only Level II trauma center, and Regional Hospital of Scranton is downtown.
Work
Lackawanna County’s largest employers include the state government, Community Medical Center, Allied Services, Amazon, Chewy, the Scranton School District, the University of Scranton and Lackawanna County itself. Warehousing and distribution along the interstates have grown alongside health care and education.
Parks, culture and events
- Steamtown National Historic Site preserves a working railroad yard and roundhouse downtown, next to the Electric City Trolley Museum.
- Nay Aug Park, the city’s largest, has a gorge and waterfalls on Roaring Brook, the Everhart Museum and an accessible treehouse.
- Courthouse Square is anchored by the 1884 Lackawanna County Courthouse and hosts La Festa Italiana every Labor Day weekend, in its 50th year in 2026.
- The Scranton Cultural Center, a 1930 Masonic temple with an 1,866-seat theater, brings Broadway tours downtown; the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour at McDade Park takes visitors 250 feet underground.
- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Yankees’ Triple-A club, play at PNC Field in Moosic, and the St. Patrick’s Parade has marched every March since 1962.
Market snapshot
Scranton is a larger, steadier market than the Wyoming Valley boroughs. In August 2026 Redfin reported a median sale price of about $221,000, roughly 20 days on market and more than 200 sales in the month. Zillow’s home value index stood near $201,000 at the end of August, down slightly over the year, with more than 300 homes typically listed. Buyers moving in from the New York and Philadelphia areas remain a large share of demand. For a current number on a specific home, request a market analysis.
Nearby communities
See homes in Pittston, Wilkes-Barre and Kingston, or browse all the communities we serve. To see a Scranton home, contact Button Real Estate or call (570) 715-7700.