Frackville vs Mahanoy City

A side-by-side comparison of Frackville and Mahanoy City: population, income, housing, and more.

Frackville and Mahanoy City are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Frackville has the higher population (3,860 vs 3,522 in Mahanoy City). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Frackville has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
Population	3,860	3,522
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$38,047
Median home value	$99,700	$35,300
Median gross rent	$711	$928
Housing units	1,755	2,171
Homeownership rate	78.3%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Mahanoy City

Population

3,9823,522

Median household income

$32,669$38,047

Median home value

$27,900$35,300

Median gross rent

$781$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.1%
75 and over	9.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
No high school diploma	8.2%	17.8%
High school graduate	56.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
Drove alone	81.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
1-unit, detached	44.7%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	76.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Mahanoy City
Poverty rate	17.2%	34.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938