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Minersville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $99K, 1.4 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income. It grades B− overall, 717th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Minersville, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Minersville is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns.
Where Minersville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Minersville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.3% | 5.8% |
Where Minersville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Minersville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,265 in 1840, a peak of 9,392 in 1930, 4,370 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1889 and 6 maps from 1892 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Minersville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Minersville.
Minersville has homes that are cheap against local pay and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 1.4 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income, the typical home (about $99K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Home values rose 49% in five years, to about $99K, against 23% across Pennsylvania.
Homes in Minersville are typically worth about $99,000, up 1.2% in a year, 66% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Nearly half of Minersville households own their home. For Minersville, the typical rent is $782 a month.
| Minersville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $782 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Minersville Area SD runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 468 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minersville Area El CtrLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–6 | Grades 1–6 | 468 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Among adults 18 to 64 in Minersville, 10% have no health insurance. For adults here, the share who smoke cigarettes is 26%.
| Minersville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Minersville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.3% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 25.8% | 15.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.3% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 7.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Minersville’s rate of thefts and burglaries is 2.5 per 1,000 residents. The rate of reported violence for Minersville comes to 2.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Minersville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here fell from 2,619 in 2013 to 804.
The typical household income in Minersville is $53,000. Only 6% of working residents stay in Minersville for work; the rest commute out. Jobs locally fell by 1,815 from 2013 to 2023, to 804. The top destinations are Pottsville (13%), Norwegian Township (4%) and Cass Township (4%).
| Minersville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $53,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $364 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts nearly four fifths of Minersville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 5% to cold waves. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2011. The national flood insurance program has paid 15 claims locally since 2006.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 34 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 83°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Minersville’s trail network density stands at 0.3 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: one, of 6 acres.
| Minersville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Recreational Complex | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Minersville. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year18 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
39 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
35 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
14 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
35 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Minersville
About 3 of every 100 Minersville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
6 notable people were born in Minersville.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Minersville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Anthracite coal deposits are plentiful in the region. The population was 4,388 at the 2020 census. Minersville is located 50.8 miles (81.8 km) west of Allentown, 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 138.4 miles (222.7 km) west of New York City.
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2 towns share a border with Minersville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minersville | #717 | B− | A | A− | C | D |
| Norwegian Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Cass Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C− |
Norwegian Township and Cass Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Norwegian Township and Cass Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Minersville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Minersville grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #717 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health, A− for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
6 notable people were born here, including George F. Brumm and Benjamin C. Christ.
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