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Tamaqua borough, Schuylkill County, PA

6,922 Population
9.6 square miles 723.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,058 ±$2,604 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schuylkill County: $33,769 ±$678
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$44,803 ±$9,164 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schuylkill County: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

26.1% ±8.9% (1,806  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.5% 17,055 (±0.9% / ±1,212)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.8 minutes ±3.3 (73,950  ±13,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,813 ±204 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (6,922  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.8% ±3.5% (73  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.5% † 1,532 (±1% / ±270)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,330 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$78,500 ±$12,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Schuylkill County: $140,400 ±$5,100
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

14.1% ±6.5% (956  ±444.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.2% ±8.1% (4,090  ±461.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 90% 93,777 (±1.7% / ±1,757.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
16.3% ±4.3% (747  ±205.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.1% 19,924 (±0.9% / ±939.2)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±2.6% (209  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.2% 3,130
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.5% ±1.9% (275  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Schuylkill County: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
275 Total veterans ±95 275 Male ±95 N/A Female ±16

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