Mahanoy City vs Schuylkill Haven

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

Mahanoy City 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 3,522 in Mahanoy City). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median household income ($55,682 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
Population	3,522	5,247
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,047	$55,682
Median home value	$35,300	$122,600
Median gross rent	$928	$894
Housing units	2,171	2,803
Homeownership rate	61.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
Population	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)	5,178 → 5,247 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)	$48,125 → $55,682 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)	$93,500 → $122,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)	$633 → $894 (+41.2%)

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

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)

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
Under 5	6.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.4%
75 and over	6.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
No high school diploma	17.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
Drove alone	78.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
1-unit, detached	14.5%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	76.2%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill Haven
Poverty rate	34.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1942