Lake townsPennsylvania2026
Pennsylvania Lake Towns
Tobyhanna Township, Penn Forest Township and Kidder Township were the most booked of the 5 lake towns in Pennsylvania on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 17,154, 13,654 and 13,528 stays. August is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 3.2 nights.
Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made
Ranking
Pennsylvania Lake Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays
Every one of the lake towns in Pennsylvania with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.
| 1 | Tobyhanna Township. Includes Pocono Summit and Pocono Pines. | 17,154 | $431 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Penn Forest Township | 13,654 | $396 |
| 3 | Kidder Township. Includes Albrightsville. | 13,528 | $531 |
| 4 | Lake Harmony | 3,725 | $586 |
| 5 | Palmyra Township. Includes Lake Wallenpaupack. | 2,458 | $366 |
Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5. Airbnb data files some places as one district or township, so Tobyhanna Township and rows like it cover several towns.
When to go
Busiest and Quietest Months
August, July and June rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the lake towns in Pennsylvania, and April and March as the quietest. August is the busiest month in 4 of the 5, while Kidder Township peaks in July. Across the 5 towns, nightly rates run lowest in April, at about $399, and highest in July, at about $516. Across the 5 towns, stays run longest in July, at 4.4 nights, and shortest in October, at 2.5 nights.
August ranks first, March last
Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.
- Three busiest months
- Other months
Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate
| Rank | Month | Typical stay | Nightly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August | 3.5 nights | $498 |
| 2 | July | 4.4 nights | $516 |
| 3 | June | 3.7 nights | $467 |
| 4 | December | 3.3 nights | $477 |
| 5 | September | 2.7 nights | $416 |
| 6 | October | 2.5 nights | $421 |
| 7 | January | 2.6 nights | $455 |
| 8 | November | 2.7 nights | $430 |
| 9 | February | 2.6 nights | $440 |
| 10 | May | 2.9 nights | $423 |
| 11 | April | 2.8 nights | $399 |
| 12 | March | 2.6 nights | $406 |
Who comes
Where Guests Come From
Among guests who left a review, 97.3% come from within the United States. The top home cities among those guests are New York, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Tobyhanna Township draws the most from abroad, at 3.2%, among towns with 100 or more homes.
Top home cities
Among guests who left a review
97.3% from within the United States
The money view
Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate
Among the 5 towns on this list, Lake Harmony has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $59,470 a year. Of those 5, Penn Forest Township has the highest occupancy, at 40%, and Palmyra Township has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $366. The most booked of the 5, Tobyhanna Township, earns about $50,646 per home.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most popular lake town in Pennsylvania?
By AirROI's estimates, Tobyhanna Township is the most booked of the 5 lake towns in Pennsylvania, with 17,154 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Penn Forest Township is second, with 13,654. This counts Airbnb bookings only.
What is the most affordable lake town in Pennsylvania?
By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among lake towns in Pennsylvania with 100 or more homes, the lowest is Palmyra Township ($366). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.
What lake towns in Pennsylvania offer the strongest Airbnb returns?
Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among lake towns in Pennsylvania with 100 or more homes, the highest is Lake Harmony ($59,470). Among the same towns, Penn Forest Township has the highest occupancy, at 40%.
Method
How These Lists and Numbers Are Made
How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to be on the shore of a lake or large reservoir, and the lake has to be a main reason to come. The town's own listings can back that up, with 35% of its homes listing lake access, or 25% of its titles naming the lake with 10% of homes listing it. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.
How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 126,727 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.