Note: As defined by the US Census Bureau, a city's official boundaries often extend miles beyond the city itself and may even cross county lines. As such, several thousand US cities officially exist in two or more counties (and therefore appear on multiple counties' lists of cities.)
City | Rank | 2024 Pop. | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density (/mi²) | Area (mi²) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottsville | 1 | 13,361 | 13,336 | 0.04% | 3,207 | 4.2 | City |
| Tamaqua | 2 | 6,920 | 6,907 | 0.04% | 724 | 9.6 | Borough |
| Schuylkill Haven | 3 | 5,263 | 5,234 | 0.13% | 3,765 | 1.4 | Borough |
| West Penn township | 4 | 4,593 | 4,366 | 1.75% | 79 | 57.8 | Township |
| Minersville | 5 | 4,408 | 4,375 | 0.18% | 6,709 | 0.7 | Borough |
| Shenandoah | 6 | 4,247 | 4,241 | 0.02% | 2,811 | 1.5 | Borough |
| North Manheim township | 7 | 4,193 | 4,066 | 0.29% | 206 | 20.3 | Township |
| Pine Grove township | 8 | 4,098 | 4,019 | 0.81% | 108 | 37.8 | Township |
| Frackville | 9 | 3,890 | 3,862 | 0.18% | 6,538 | 0.6 | Borough |
| Mahanoy City | 10 | 3,526 | 3,500 | 0.17% | 6,914 | 0.5 | Borough |
| Rush township | 11 | 3,494 | 3,417 | 0.55% | 151 | 23.2 | Township |
| Hegins township | 12 | 3,350 | 3,338 | 0.09% | 105 | 31.9 | Township |
| West Brunswick township | 13 | 3,320 | 3,268 | 0.67% | 109 | 30.4 | Township |
| Mahanoy township | 14 | 3,057 | 3,190 | 1.87% | 145 | 21.1 | Township |
| Orwigsburg | 15 | 3,004 | 2,995 | 0.07% | 1,384 | 2.2 | Borough |
| West Mahanoy township | 16 | 2,783 | 2,778 | 0.07% | 269 | 10.3 | Township |
| South Manheim township | 17 | 2,774 | 2,714 | 0.54% | 134 | 20.8 | Township |
| St. Clair | 18 | 2,759 | 2,745 | 0.11% | 2,238 | 1.2 | Borough |
| Pine Grove township | 19 | 2,526 | 2,594 | -0.51% | 64 | 39.7 | Township |
| Ryan township | 20 | 2,520 | 2,590 | 1.78% | 142 | 17.7 | Township |
| Ashland | 21 | 2,488 | 2,467 | 0.2% | 1,501 | 1.7 | Borough |
| McAdoo | 22 | 2,469 | 2,467 | 0% | 7,115 | 0.3 | Borough |
| Coaldale | 23 | 2,427 | 2,425 | 0% | 1,116 | 2.2 | Borough |
| Norwegian township | 24 | 2,207 | 2,156 | 0.78% | 376 | 5.9 | Township |
| Porter township | 25 | 2,160 | 2,145 | 0.23% | 120 | 18.0 | Township |
| Pine Grove | 26 | 2,065 | 2,049 | 0.19% | 1,939 | 1.1 | Borough |
| East Brunswick township | 27 | 1,880 | 1,847 | 0.16% | 61 | 30.6 | Township |
| Port Carbon | 28 | 1,809 | 1,805 | 0.06% | 2,399 | 0.8 | Borough |
| Branch township | 29 | 1,765 | 1,747 | 0.28% | 154 | 11.5 | Township |
| Cass township | 30 | 1,764 | 1,759 | 0.06% | 123 | 14.4 | Township |
| Auburn township | 31 | 1,719 | 1,725 | -0.23% | 34 | 50.1 | Township |
| East Union township | 32 | 1,697 | 1,642 | 0.95% | 66 | 25.8 | Township |
| Tremont | 33 | 1,686 | 1,676 | 0.12% | 2,322 | 0.7 | Borough |
| Cressona | 34 | 1,614 | 1,597 | 0.25% | 1,617 | 1.0 | Borough |
| Kline township | 35 | 1,476 | 1,470 | 0% | 120 | 12.3 | Township |
| Tower City | 36 | 1,431 | 1,421 | 0.14% | 4,543 | 0.3 | Borough |
| North Union township | 37 | 1,423 | 1,408 | 0.42% | 69 | 20.7 | Township |
| Tuscarora township | 38 | 1,320 | 1,311 | -0.08% | 45 | 29.3 | Township |
| Girardville | 39 | 1,317 | 1,308 | 0.15% | 2,542 | 0.5 | Borough |
| St. Clair township | 40 | 1,304 | 1,338 | -0.53% | 46 | 28.6 | Township |
| Union township | 41 | 1,235 | 1,226 | 0.33% | 57 | 21.5 | Township |
| Tuscarora township | 42 | 1,121 | 1,134 | -0.27% | 24 | 47.2 | Township |
| Ashland township | 43 | 1,089 | 1,115 | -0.46% | 49 | 22.4 | Township |
| Schuylkill township | 44 | 1,081 | 1,074 | 0.37% | 112 | 9.7 | Township |
| New Philadelphia | 45 | 1,067 | 1,058 | 0.19% | 709 | 1.5 | Borough |
| Tuscarora township | 46 | 1,052 | 1,052 | -0.57% | 36 | 29.0 | Township |
| Walker township | 47 | 1,008 | 0 | 0.4% | 44 | 22.8 | Township |
| Palo Alto | 48 | 972 | 966 | 0.1% | 931 | 1.0 | Borough |
| Gordon | 49 | 767 | 761 | 0.13% | 1,293 | 0.6 | Borough |
| Ringtown | 50 | 720 | 720 | 0% | 1,644 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Deer Lake | 51 | 678 | 676 | 0% | 1,544 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Auburn | 52 | 676 | 671 | 0.15% | 417 | 1.6 | Borough |
| Gilberton | 53 | 585 | 581 | 0.17% | 412 | 1.4 | Borough |
| Middleport | 54 | 363 | 361 | 0% | 827 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Port Clinton | 55 | 279 | 278 | 0% | 366 | 0.8 | Borough |
| New Ringgold | 56 | 251 | 251 | 0% | 314 | 0.8 | Borough |
| Landingville | 57 | 136 | 136 | 0% | 159 | 0.9 | Borough |
| Coaldale | 58 | 127 | 130 | -0.78% | 3,735 | 0.0 | Borough |
| Mount Carbon | 59 | 90 | 90 | 0% | 1,304 | 0.1 | Borough |
Note: City markers shown outside the county boundary mean that a part of the city extends into this county, but is primarily located in an adjacent county.
Pottsville is the largest city in Schuylkill County.
Mount Carbon is the smallest city in Schuylkill County.
There are 59 cities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.