ESSA Bancorp

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust that provides various financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in Pennsylvania. The company accepts savings accounts, interest bearing demand accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, club accounts, certificates of deposit and IRAs, and other qualified plan accounts, as well as commercial checking accounts. Its loan portfolio includes first mortgage loans for the purchase, construction, or refinancing of one- to four-family residential real estate property; commercial loans; commercial real estate loans; home equity loans and lines of credit; commercial and industrial loans; and other consumer loans, as well as loans secured by deposits and personal unsecured loans. In addition, the company provides insurance benefits consulting services, such as health insurance, life insurance, short term and long-term disability, dental, vision, 401(K) retirement planning, and individual health products, as well as asset management and trust, and investment services. As of September 30, 2022, it operated 21 community offices, including seven offices in Monroe County, three offices in Lehigh County, five offices in Northampton County, one office in Lackawanna County, one office in Luzerne County, one office in Chester County, two offices in Delaware County, and one office in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Our mission is to provide exceptional service, access and guidance to help our customers and our communities achieve their financial objectives.

Our vision is to be the premier provider of financial services in our regional marketplace.

ESSA Bank & Trust has been recognized as one of the best performing community banks in the United States by the American Bankers Association, having received the ABA Bankstone Award for Excellence. We have also been ranked on Forbes’ Best Banks in America list for 2019.