Mahanoy City vs Minersville

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

Mahanoy City 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 3,522 in Mahanoy City). Minersville has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Minersville has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
Population	3,522	4,391
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,047	$55,938
Median home value	$35,300	$80,400
Median gross rent	$928	$736
Housing units	2,171	2,214
Homeownership rate	61.2%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
Population	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)	4,205 → 4,391 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)	$31,100 → $55,938 (+79.9%)
Median home value	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)	$55,900 → $80,400 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)	$581 → $736 (+26.7%)

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

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)

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
Under 5	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
No high school diploma	17.8%	18.6%
High school graduate	41.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
Drove alone	78.4%	65.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	28.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
1-unit, detached	14.5%	23.9%
1-unit, attached	76.2%	50.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.3%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mahanoy City	Minersville
Poverty rate	34.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938