Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania

This profile covers the Pocono Mountains region STR market, a shared set of performance data that includes Lake Ariel, Hawley, Greentown, Lackawaxen, Pocono Pines, Pocono Lake, Blakeslee, Lake Harmony, Bushkill, Albrightsville and East Stroudsburg. The figures below describe that region rather than Lake Ariel alone. In September 2026, the Pocono Mountains region STR market recorded an average daily rate of $392, occupancy of 35.9% and average monthly revenue of $4,070 per listing. Year over year, occupancy rose 24.5%, ADR rose 9.4% and revenue rose 20.7%. Through the first nine months of 2026, occupancy averaged 42.7%, ADR averaged $404 and monthly revenue averaged $4,905, compared with 41.2%, $373 and $4,346 for all of 2025. Summing the seasonal monthly averages gives annualized revenue of $46,591. Lake Ariel is an unincorporated lakeside community in Lake and Salem Townships, Wayne County, beside Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania’s largest lake at 5,700 acres. The surrounding four county Pocono Mountains destination draws roughly 28 to 30 million visitors a year, and about 65% of them are day trippers rather than overnight guests. That mix matters for investors, because overnight demand has to be earned from a smaller share of total visits. The area has many second homes, an older median age of about 52, and a population figure of 13,225 that reflects the broader ZIP 18436 area. Bedroom, channel and listing-type counts are tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Lake Ariel, so this profile omits them. Occupancy of 35.9% in September sits below the 2026 year to date average of 42.7%, which fits the seasonal pattern covered below, where September occupancy is typically 33.1%. Prospective buyers should treat the regional numbers as a benchmark and test them against a specific property, lake community and township rules.