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  The population of Schuylkill county is estimated at 143,335. In 2017 there were 1,288 births and 1,805 deaths in Schuylkill county. Schuylkill county has 24,918 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 20,578 that are owned free and clear and 14,696 that are renter occupied.


  The upstanding residents of Schuylkill County filed 67,180 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.045% of the entire nation. Schuylkill had a combined total federal tax liability of $555,451,000 on earned income of $3,403,391,000. Other notable statistics from Schuylkill County were 5,590 unemployment claims which collected a total of $24,856,000 and 8,360 charitable contributions valued at $28,238,000. 9,930 filings from Schuylkill County paid a combined total of $37,024,000 in property taxes and 8,270 filings paid $45,907,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Schuylkill county had 283 religious congregations with an estimated 88,280 members.

16.0% of the Schuylkill population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 44% of Schuylkill County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,245 votes.

At $49,360 the median income is 83.4% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 3,886 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Schuylkill, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.


Top 15 Industries in Schuylkill County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
8,882Manufacturing
7,975Health care and social assistance
5,677Retail trade
4,537Transportation and warehousing
3,073Warehousing and storage
2,671Accommodation and food services
2,529Food services and drinking places
2,264Ambulatory health care services
2,238Restaurants and other eating places
2,061Nursing and residential care facilities
1,966Hospitals
1,966General medical and surgical hospitals
1,966General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
1,684Social assistance
1,562Wholesale trade


In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.88% in Schuylkill County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 17972 and 17901).

In 2018 14.58% of listings in Schuylkill County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 17922, 17963, 17961 and 17901) dropped their price.


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