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The median home value in Tamaqua, PA is $159,596 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.15% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$159,596
Year-over-Year
+3.15%
Population
6,920
Tamaqua ranks #131 of 150 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 38.4% below the state's city median of $259,163. It sits in Schuylkill County, where the county-wide median is $167,130.
Median household income in Tamaqua is $46,176, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Tamaqua police recorded a violent crime rate of 159 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 896 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Tamaqua, that value is $159,596. That's up 3.15% from a year earlier. It is about 38.4% below the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.
Homes in Tamaqua are cheaper than Schuylkill County as a whole, where the median is $167,130 — a difference of about 4.5%.
Median household income here is $46,176, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Tamaqua police reported 159 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,920. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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