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West Mahanoy township, Schuylkill County, PA

2,885 Population
10.3 square miles 278.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,562 ±$3,487 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Schuylkill County: $34,954 ±$861
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,471 ±$17,190 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±10.3% (500  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±3.2 (25,475  ±5,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,115 ±99 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,407  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±4.4% (18  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,262 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,700 ±$17,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of 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

9.6% ±4.5% (275  ±128.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±9.2% (1,949  ±232.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.9% ±5.2% (355  ±116.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half 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

5.6% ±3.8% (162  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.8% 3,945
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.1% ±3.5% (253  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
253 Total veterans ±89 237 Male ±89 16 Female ±18

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