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Median Home Price in Clarks Summit, PA

The median home value in Clarks Summit, PA is $347,542 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.05% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$347,542

Year-over-Year

+5.05%

Population

6,569

Clarks Summit ranks #39 of 150 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 34.1% above the state's city median of $259,163. It sits in Lackawanna County, where the county-wide median is $232,896.

Housing affordability in Clarks Summit

Median household income in Clarks Summit is $92,083, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Clarks Summit

Clarks Summit police recorded a violent crime rate of 46 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 472 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Clarks Summit

What is the average home price in Clarks Summit, PA?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Clarks Summit, that value is $347,542. That's up 5.05% from a year earlier. It is about 34.1% above the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.

Is Clarks Summit expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Clarks Summit are more expensive than Lackawanna County as a whole, where the median is $232,896 — a difference of about 49.2%.

Is Clarks Summit affordable?

Median household income here is $92,083, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Clarks Summit a safe place to live?

Clarks Summit police reported 46 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,569. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.