THE PENN ESTATES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Poconos setting.
Penn Estates CDP has 2.02 square miles of land in Monroe County. Its Census reference point is in Low Poconos, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Penn Estates and Monroe County
Penn Estates is associated with Monroe County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Penn Estates by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Penn Estates, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 1.4% recorded for Monroe County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Penn Estates CDP has 38.1% of the land area of nearby Arlington Heights CDP (5.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

