Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Tamaqua population, 2020 to 2024

Tamaqua added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Tamaqua is 83% of it.

Tamaqua covers 9.56 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 726 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Tamaqua is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tamaqua is in

All of Tamaqua's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Tamaqua holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tamaqua

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tamaqua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18250, 18252. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Tamaqua is

The Census internal point of Tamaqua is at 40.804100, -75.926600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 62.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hazleton, PA (30,354 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 27.6 miles away.

Daylight in Tamaqua

At 40.80° N, Tamaqua gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tamaqua

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Coaldale, 1.2 miles away, with 2,435 people.