Coal Center vs Taylorstown

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Center and Taylorstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Coal Center and Taylorstown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taylorstown has the higher population (186 vs 155 in Coal Center). Taylorstown has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $39,050 in Coal Center). Taylorstown has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $76,500 in Coal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
Population	155	186
Median age	32.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,050	$75,313
Median home value	$76,500	$131,300
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	109	81
Homeownership rate	32.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
Population	134 → 155 (+15.7%)	216 → 186 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $39,050 (-9.4%)	$87,143 → $75,313 (-13.6%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $76,500 (+10.4%)	$166,300 → $131,300 (-21.0%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)	—

Coal Center

Population

134155

Median household income

$43,125$39,050

Median home value

$69,300$76,500

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Taylorstown

Population

216186

Median household income

$87,143$75,313

Median home value

$166,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
Under 5	4.5%	10.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	19.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	26.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	3.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.5%
75 and over	1.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	21.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.4%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
No high school diploma	4.2%	14.2%
High school graduate	50.5%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
Drove alone	62.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
1-unit, detached	66.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Coal Center	Taylorstown
Poverty rate	10.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1938	1961