Frackville vs Schuylkill Haven

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

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

Schuylkill Haven has the higher population (5,247 vs 3,860 in Frackville). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $55,682 in Schuylkill Haven). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $99,700 in Frackville).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	3,860	5,247
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$55,682
Median home value	$99,700	$122,600
Median gross rent	$711	$894
Housing units	1,755	2,803
Homeownership rate	78.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	5,178 → 5,247 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$48,125 → $55,682 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$93,500 → $122,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$633 → $894 (+41.2%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Schuylkill Haven

Population

5,1785,247

Median household income

$48,125$55,682

Median home value

$93,500$122,600

Median gross rent

$633$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	56.6%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
Drove alone	81.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	2.9%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
1-unit, detached	44.7%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Schuylkill Haven
Poverty rate	17.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1938	1942