Mahanoy City vs Tamaqua

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

Mahanoy City 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 3,522 in Mahanoy City). Tamaqua has the higher median household income ($44,803 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Tamaqua has the higher median home value ($78,500 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
Population	3,522	6,922
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,047	$44,803
Median home value	$35,300	$78,500
Median gross rent	$928	$935
Housing units	2,171	3,330
Homeownership rate	61.2%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
Population	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)	6,731 → 6,922 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)	$38,921 → $44,803 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)	$62,800 → $78,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)	$716 → $935 (+30.6%)

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

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)

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
Under 5	6.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
No high school diploma	17.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
Drove alone	78.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
1-unit, detached	14.5%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	76.2%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mahanoy City	Tamaqua
Poverty rate	34.2%	26.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938