Mahanoy City is home to 3,507 people in Pennsylvania. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 35.9% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 52% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $52,400. There are 6,876 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $37,727, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
8% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mahanoy City
What changed most since 1990
Median age44.6 → 34.2(−10.4 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants77.6% → 57.2%(−20.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate17.7% → 35.9%(+18.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Mahanoy City's population equals 2.4% of Schuylkill County's. Its number of households without a car equals 7.9% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 6.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26%(83)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16%(51)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era16.6%(53)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.1%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 319 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mahanoy City, decade by decade
Mahanoy City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,218
$35,684
$45,841
4.6%
1.0
2000
4,647
$44,352
$49,913
6.7%
5.4
2010
4,162
$38,423
$43,013
7.0%
17.5
2020
3,499
$35,818
$33,210
5.8%
45.2
2024
3,507
$37,727
$52,400
8.2%
47.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
