Noxen appeals to homebuyers searching for hillside homes or undeveloped parcels of land among Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains. Locals have access to thousands of acres of state-protected parklands right at home. Annual events in town like the Rattlesnake Roundup are popular across Wyoming County and bring neighbors closer together. Nearby boroughs like Tunkhannock have local shops and restaurants, while Wilkes-Barre is a 40-minute drive away.
State Game Lands Number 57 sits at the western end of Noxen and spans over 45,000 acres. It’s a popular park for hiking on rugged, rocky trails, while hunters can bag deer, turkeys and snowshoe hares in appropriate seasons. The Noxen Historic Community Center is the township’s main library and event space. It includes the Schenck Memorial Library, which has over 10,000 books, and the Clothes Closet, a secondhand shop. Residents can also rent out halls in the community center for private events. When the leaves turn brown, folks can head to Whistle Pig Pumpkin Patch to navigate the farm’s corn maze or enjoy a hayride.
The median sale price for properties in Noxen is $150,000, which is lower than the median sale price for Wyoming County. Buyers can find midcentury-built ramblers, farmhouses and shotgun homes with open porches along winding rural streets, and multi-acre country lots are often zoned for residential or commercial use. Many homes sit on hilly inclines, and the Endless Mountains loom on the horizon for most residents.
The Noxen Rattlesnake Roundup is a popular summer festival in Wyoming County and a major fundraiser for the Noxen Volunteer Fire Department. Visitors enjoy food and music while learning about snakes from state-licensed hunters who catch, measure, tag, and safely release them back into the wild unharmed. Noxen Bible Baptist Church sits along Pennsylvania Route 29 and hosts community events like fellowship picnics and Family Fun Night around a bonfire. The town is also home to Patriots Cove, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic hunting and fishing trips to veterans and first responders on an 18-acre refuge.
Noxen Food Mart is the local convenience store, offering basic goods, deli sandwiches and pizza. At Whistle Pig Pumpkin Patch, people can pick their own fruit from the orchards and buy homemade maple syrup. Eleven miles north in Tunkhannock, there's an Aldi and a strip of local businesses along East Tioga Street. Also in Tunkhannock is Mercantile 22, a small boutique, and Tioga Bistro, which serves soup, paninis and pastries in a laid-back dining area.
The Lake-Lehman School District serves Noxen. Nearby options include Lake-Noxen Elementary School and Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School, which both get B-minus ratings. Lake-Noxen Elementary is a Grief-Sensitive School, meaning it collaborates with the Coalition to Support Grieving Students to provide guidance and resources to students dealing with tragedies.
Due to Noxen’s rural environment, locals are car-dependent. Residents are a 24-mile drive from Wilkes-Barre, which takes around 40 minutes. The Scranton Wilkes-Barre International Airport is 27 miles away and offers domestic flights. The Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is a 22-mile drive south of Noxen along Pennsylvania Route 309.
Shannon Sweitzer
Lewith & Freeman, Shavertown
(570) 747-4818
212 Total Sales
1 in Noxen
$223,000 Price
Colleen Weissman
(272) 207-3173
157 Total Sales
1 in Noxen
$62,000 Price
Kevin Smith
Classic Properties Back Mountain
(570) 299-3900
128 Total Sales
1 in Noxen
$427,000 Price
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Nicole Clark
(570) 569-1446
57 Total Sales
1 in Noxen
$173,000 Price
Dawn Wiringer
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Poggi, REALTORS Back Mtn
(570) 846-0098
217 Total Sales
6 in Noxen
$87K - $427K Price Range
Mark Nicholson
Lewith & Freeman, Shavertown
(272) 808-0180
277 Total Sales
2 in Noxen
$223K - $285K Price Range
On average, homes in Noxen, PA sell after 20 days on the market compared to the national average of 69 days. The median sale price for homes in Noxen, PA over the last 12 months is $200,000, up 18% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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