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West Mahanoy township, Schuylkill County, PA

2,780 Population
10.3 square miles 268.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,247 ±$3,938 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Schuylkill County: $33,769 ±$678
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$83,479 ±$10,622 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

15.2% ±7.7% (375  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.5% 17,055 (±0.9% / ±1,212)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.2 minutes ±2.5 (31,595  ±5,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,162 ±115 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (2,462  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.3% ±6.1% (63  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.5% † 1,532 (±1% / ±270)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,302 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$85,100 ±$15,283 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

11% ±6.8% (301  ±185) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87.4% ±9.1% (1,850  ±228.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
17.1% ±5.3% (361  ±114.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 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

7.9% ±5.9% (220  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.2% 3,130
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.4% ±3.5% (226  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
226 Total veterans ±84 207 Male ±81 19 Female ±20

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