Mahanoy City vs Orwigsburg

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

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

Mahanoy City has the higher population (3,522 vs 3,004 in Orwigsburg). Orwigsburg has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Orwigsburg has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
Population	3,522	3,004
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,047	$80,000
Median home value	$35,300	$194,200
Median gross rent	$928	$730
Housing units	2,171	1,095
Homeownership rate	61.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
Population	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)	2,974 → 3,004 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)	$59,647 → $80,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)	$157,700 → $194,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)	$719 → $730 (+1.5%)

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

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)

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.5%
75 and over	6.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
Drove alone	78.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
1-unit, detached	14.5%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	76.2%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Mahanoy City	Orwigsburg
Poverty rate	34.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1957