Frackville vs Minersville

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

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

Minersville has the higher population (4,391 vs 3,860 in Frackville). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $55,938 in Minersville). Frackville has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $80,400 in Minersville).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Minersville
Population	3,860	4,391
Median age	41.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$55,938
Median home value	$99,700	$80,400
Median gross rent	$711	$736
Housing units	1,755	2,214
Homeownership rate	78.3%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Minersville
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	4,205 → 4,391 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$31,100 → $55,938 (+79.9%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$55,900 → $80,400 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$581 → $736 (+26.7%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Minersville

Population

4,2054,391

Median household income

$31,100$55,938

Median home value

$55,900$80,400

Median gross rent

$581$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Minersville
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.6%
75 and over	9.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Minersville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Minersville
No high school diploma	8.2%	18.6%
High school graduate	56.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Minersville
Drove alone	81.3%	65.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	28.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.2%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Minersville
1-unit, detached	44.7%	23.9%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	50.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Minersville
Poverty rate	17.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938