Lehigh Township (Wayne County) is a township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, home to about 2,014 people across 12 square miles. Its ZIP code is 18424.
Homes sold for a median of $201 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a balanced market.
Mostly Lehigh Township (Wayne County); also Coolbaugh and Covington Township (Lackawanna County)
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lehigh Township (Wayne County). Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)79 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)13 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Newark, NJ78 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA87 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lehigh Township (Wayne County); driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Lehigh Township (Wayne County) had 1,876 residents in the 2020 census, up 14% since 2000.
It’s the 1214th largest of 2,568 towns in Pennsylvania by population.
Wayne County grew from 30,171 residents in 1900 to 51,155 in 2020.
Wayne County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 78°F in summer, and winter lows average 15°F. About 50.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mt Pocono Mountains Ap, PA weather station (10 miles away).
13,374 jobs at 1,355 businesses in Wayne County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
5 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Lehigh Township (Wayne County).
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 3 |
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| Physical and occupational therapists | 2 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Museums
Counts are within about 2.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Coolbaugh, Covington Township (Lackawanna County), Clifton, Thornhurst and Sterling.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.