Frackville vs Orwigsburg

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

Frackville and Orwigsburg 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 3,004 in Orwigsburg). Orwigsburg has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $56,394 in Frackville). Orwigsburg has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $99,700 in Frackville).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
Population	3,860	3,004
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$80,000
Median home value	$99,700	$194,200
Median gross rent	$711	$730
Housing units	1,755	1,095
Homeownership rate	78.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	2,974 → 3,004 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$59,647 → $80,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$157,700 → $194,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$719 → $730 (+1.5%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Orwigsburg

Population

2,9743,004

Median household income

$59,647$80,000

Median home value

$157,700$194,200

Median gross rent

$719$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
Under 5	5.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.5%
75 and over	9.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	56.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
Drove alone	81.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.9%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
1-unit, detached	44.7%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Orwigsburg
Poverty rate	17.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1938	1957