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Pottstown borough, Montgomery County, PA

23,476 Population
4.9 square miles 4,838.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,682 ±$2,338 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Montgomery County: $62,159 ±$806
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,828 ±$6,734 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Montgomery County: $113,915 ±$1,905
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±3.9% (4,073  ±904) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Montgomery County: 6.5% 55,064 (±0.4% / ±3,451)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±2.3 (258,330  ±30,517) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 27.8 9,585,205 (±0.2 / ±140,167)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,550 ±560 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 335,505 ±932
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (23,129  ±61) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 844,707 (±0 / ±173)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±4% (555  ±225) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Montgomery County: 5.2% 10,081 (±0.4% / ±693)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,447 ±586 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 350,351 ±250
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,400 ±$7,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Montgomery County: $436,700 ±$2,838
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.3% ±5.2% (3,747  ±1,192) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 9.8% 84,536 (±0.4% / ±3,750.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.1% (13,843  ±899.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 95.1% 584,004 (±0.9% / ±5,309.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±2.6% (3,296  ±437) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 53% 325,577 (±0.6% / ±3,836.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.9% ±2.2% (1,612  ±523) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 11.5% 99,605
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2.3% (1,289  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 4.7% 32,143 (±0.2% / ±1,149)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,289 Total veterans ±409 1,240 Male ±406 49 Female ±38

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