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Census Tract 27, Schuylkill, PA

2,873 Population
6.4 square miles 446 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tamaqua: 36.2 ±3
  • 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

Economics

$33,263 ±$7,632 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tamaqua: $26,149 † ±$3,581
  • a little less than the amount in Schuylkill County: $34,954 ±$861
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$65,924 ±$28,077 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tamaqua: $46,176 † ±$10,292
  • a little less than the amount in Schuylkill County: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

16.2% ±9% (465  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tamaqua: 26.7% † 1,846 (±5.5% / ±379)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

23.8 minutes ±2.6 (24,740  ±6,363) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tamaqua: 24.8 † 68,965 (±3.7 / ±12,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,215 ±151 Number of households
  • Tamaqua: 2,824 ±214
  • Schuylkill County: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.4 (2,873  ±301) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tamaqua: 2.5 6,924 (±0.2 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

7.3% ±7.9% (48  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tamaqua: 4.7% † 80 (±3.6% / ±63)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,336 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Tamaqua: 3,210 ±213
  • Schuylkill County: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$104,200 ±$32,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tamaqua: $83,700 † ±$20,737
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schuylkill County: $153,000 ±$3,473
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

18.3% ±10.8% (520  ±311.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tamaqua: 15% † 1,025 (±5.6% / ±384.6)
  • more than double the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.3% ±10.9% (1,739  ±288) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tamaqua: 89.7% 4,020 (±7.6% / ±441.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
18.1% ±8.8% (344  ±171.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tamaqua: 14.5% † 649 (±4.7% / ±215.4)
  • about 90 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)

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

0.9% ±1.3% (25  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tamaqua: 3.2% † 223 (±2.3% / ±159)
  • about one-third of the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.8% 3,945
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

7.1% ±3.4% (147  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tamaqua: 6.5% † 319 (±1.8% / ±90)
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
147 Total veterans ±73 147 Male ±73 N/A Female ±12

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