Minersville vs Tamaqua

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

Minersville 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 4,391 in Minersville). Minersville has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $44,803 in Tamaqua). Minersville has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $78,500 in Tamaqua).

Population, income & housing

	Minersville	Tamaqua
Population	4,391	6,922
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$44,803
Median home value	$80,400	$78,500
Median gross rent	$736	$935
Housing units	2,214	3,330
Homeownership rate	48.0%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minersville	Tamaqua
Population	4,205 → 4,391 (+4.4%)	6,731 → 6,922 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$31,100 → $55,938 (+79.9%)	$38,921 → $44,803 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $80,400 (+43.8%)	$62,800 → $78,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $736 (+26.7%)	$716 → $935 (+30.6%)

Minersville

Population

4,2054,391

Median household income

$31,100$55,938

Median home value

$55,900$80,400

Median gross rent

$581$736

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)

	Minersville	Tamaqua
Under 5	2.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.3%
75 and over	5.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minersville	Tamaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minersville	Tamaqua
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minersville	Tamaqua
Drove alone	65.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	28.7%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minersville	Tamaqua
1-unit, detached	23.9%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Minersville	Tamaqua
Poverty rate	23.2%	26.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938