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Tamaqua borough, Schuylkill County, PA

6,924 Population
9.6 square miles 724.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,149 ±$3,581 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Schuylkill County: $34,954 ±$861
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,176 ±$10,292 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schuylkill County: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.7% ±5.5% (1,846  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±3.7 (68,965  ±12,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,824 ±214 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (6,924  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±3.6% (80  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,210 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,700 ±$20,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Schuylkill County: $153,000 ±$3,473
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±5.6% (1,025  ±384.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±7.6% (4,020  ±441.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.5% ±4.7% (649  ±215.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±2.3% (223  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.8% 3,945
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.8% (319  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±90 313 Male ±90 6 Female ±14

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