Frackville vs Tamaqua

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

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

Tamaqua has the higher population (6,922 vs 3,860 in Frackville). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $44,803 in Tamaqua). Frackville has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $78,500 in Tamaqua).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Tamaqua
Population	3,860	6,922
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$44,803
Median home value	$99,700	$78,500
Median gross rent	$711	$935
Housing units	1,755	3,330
Homeownership rate	78.3%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Tamaqua
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	6,731 → 6,922 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$38,921 → $44,803 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$62,800 → $78,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$716 → $935 (+30.6%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Tamaqua

Population

6,7316,922

Median household income

$38,921$44,803

Median home value

$62,800$78,500

Median gross rent

$716$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Tamaqua
Under 5	5.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Tamaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Tamaqua
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	56.6%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Tamaqua
Drove alone	81.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Tamaqua
1-unit, detached	44.7%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.7%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Tamaqua
Poverty rate	17.2%	26.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938