With 5,253 people, Schuylkill Haven is a city in Pennsylvania. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $132,400. The foreign-born share is 0%. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 31%. Density works out to 3,758 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,167, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% 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 Schuylkill Haven
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$106,803 → $132,400(+24%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.4% → 20.2%(+9.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Schuylkill Haven's population equals 3.7% of Schuylkill County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 1.5% 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)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.6%(18)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era55.3%(68)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 123 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
Schuylkill Haven, decade by decade
Schuylkill Haven 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
5,610
$60,146
$106,803
10.4%
1.2
2000
5,548
$59,098
$118,772
14.0%
8.4
2010
5,437
$63,547
$114,510
11.5%
16.2
2020
5,236
$52,552
$108,720
22.7%
20.3
2024
5,253
$54,167
$132,400
20.2%
30.5
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.
