Minersville vs Schuylkill Haven

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

Minersville 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 4,391 in Minersville). Minersville has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $55,682 in Schuylkill Haven). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $80,400 in Minersville).

Population, income & housing

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	4,391	5,247
Median age	43.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$55,682
Median home value	$80,400	$122,600
Median gross rent	$736	$894
Housing units	2,214	2,803
Homeownership rate	48.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	4,205 → 4,391 (+4.4%)	5,178 → 5,247 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$31,100 → $55,938 (+79.9%)	$48,125 → $55,682 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $80,400 (+43.8%)	$93,500 → $122,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $736 (+26.7%)	$633 → $894 (+41.2%)

Minersville

Population

4,2054,391

Median household income

$31,100$55,938

Median home value

$55,900$80,400

Median gross rent

$581$736

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)

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
Under 5	2.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.4%
75 and over	5.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
No high school diploma	18.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
Drove alone	65.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	28.7%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
1-unit, detached	23.9%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	9.9%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Minersville	Schuylkill Haven
Poverty rate	23.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1942