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Tamaqua Area School District, PA

16,199 Population
121.5 square miles 133.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±2 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

$34,238 ±$2,003 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Schuylkill County: $33,769 ±$678
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,590 ±$4,566 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Schuylkill County: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

15.2% ±4.5% (2,447  ±718) 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)

28.7 minutes ±2.4 (197,485  ±21,926) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,838 ±327 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (16,080  ±414) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4% ±2.2% (126  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.5% † 1,532 (±1% / ±270)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

7,757 ±345 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$161,100 ±$10,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $140,400 ±$5,100
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10% ±3.2% (1,597  ±518.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.5% ±5.4% (10,478  ±755) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 90% 93,777 (±1.7% / ±1,757.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.3% ±3.2% (2,468  ±387.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.1% 19,924 (±0.9% / ±939.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.2% ±1.4% (357  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.2% 3,130
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.7% ±1.4% (979  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
979 Total veterans ±185 945 Male ±185 34 Female ±25

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