Pocono-edge recreational country with limited but real farm acreage.
Wooded acreage, Lake Wallenpaupack frontage, and Pocono-edge developments drive most activity. Wayne County is heavily a second-home market.
Easy access from NYC via I-84 drives weekend and second-home buyer interest. Lake Wallenpaupack is one of the most desirable lake-recreation areas within 2 hours of NYC.
Working farms exist in the western and northern townships (around Pleasant Mount, Damascus, Bethany) but are scattered. Most rural-land sales are recreational or lifestyle.
Easy access from NYC drives weekend and second-home buyer interest.
Working farms exist in the western and northern townships but are scattered.
Wayne County's land market is mostly recreational and second-home — wooded acreage, Lake Wallenpaupack frontage, and Pocono-edge developments around Honesdale, Hawley, Lakeville, Newfoundland, and Tafton — with real but scattered working-farm activity in the western and northern townships around Pleasant Mount, Damascus, and Bethany.
Per-acre pricing for general wooded acreage runs $3,000–$8,500, with Lake Wallenpaupack frontage and waterfront properties going considerably higher — sometimes $25,000–$100,000+ per acre on small lake-frontage parcels. Working farms typically sell in the $4,000–$7,500 per acre range.
Lake Wallenpaupack itself (PA's third-largest lake) anchors a real and well-funded second-home economy. The surrounding marinas, restaurants, and recreational infrastructure support steady year-round buyer interest from NYC and northern New Jersey metro buyers. The Upper Delaware Scenic River corridor (Wayne's eastern border) adds another premium-recreational layer.
I sell Wayne County properties to the specific submarket — lake-frontage, recreational, lifestyle, or working farm — that fits each property. A 5-acre Lake Wallenpaupack frontage parcel and a 100-acre Pleasant Mount working farm are entirely different sales and require entirely different marketing.
Wayne County land typically sells in the $3,000–$8,500 per acre range for general wooded acreage. Lakefront and waterfront properties often command meaningful premiums. Working farms typically run $4,000–$7,500 per acre.
NYC metro weekend and second-home buyers, retirement buyers, recreational buyers, hunting tract buyers, and a smaller pool of local farmers.
Well-priced Wayne County properties typically sell in 60 to 120 days. Lakefront properties peak in late spring and summer.
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