Shenandoah vs Tamaqua

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

Shenandoah 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 4,256 in Shenandoah). Tamaqua has the higher median household income ($44,803 vs $40,702 in Shenandoah). Tamaqua has the higher median home value ($78,500 vs $43,500 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
Population	4,256	6,922
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,702	$44,803
Median home value	$43,500	$78,500
Median gross rent	$742	$935
Housing units	2,489	3,330
Homeownership rate	64.8%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
Population	4,820 → 4,256 (-11.7%)	6,731 → 6,922 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$28,427 → $40,702 (+43.2%)	$38,921 → $44,803 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $43,500 (+54.3%)	$62,800 → $78,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $742 (+33.2%)	$716 → $935 (+30.6%)

Shenandoah

Population

4,8204,256

Median household income

$28,427$40,702

Median home value

$28,200$43,500

Median gross rent

$557$742

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)

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
Under 5	3.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41.6%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	48.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
Drove alone	78.6%	66.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	16.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	5.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
1-unit, detached	20.8%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	67.4%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Shenandoah	Tamaqua
Poverty rate	32.4%	26.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938