The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tamaqua has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tamaqua a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Tamaqua are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.73% of adults in Tamaqua have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Tamaqua in 2018 was $25,454, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,816 for a family of four. However, Tamaqua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tamaqua is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Tamaqua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tamaqua residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tamaqua also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.23% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tamaqua include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Tamaqua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
