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Pottsville, PA

13,374 Population
4.2 square miles 3,210.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,919 ±$2,140 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $33,769 ±$678
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$53,465 ±$7,881 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

18.3% ±3.6% (2,323  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 12.5% 17,055 (±0.9% / ±1,212)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.5 minutes ±3.6 (129,310  ±22,163) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

5,774 ±287 Number of households
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (12,680  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.4% ±3.6% (280  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,532 (±1% / ±270)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

6,791 ±307 Number of housing units
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$97,700 ±$7,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $140,400 ±$5,100
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.3% ±4.9% (1,623  ±646.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±5.7% (8,653  ±662.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 90% 93,777 (±1.7% / ±1,757.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.5% ±3.2% (2,068  ±323.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 19.1% 19,924 (±0.9% / ±939.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

1.2% ±0.8% (160  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.2% 3,130
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.8% ±1.6% (711  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
711 Total veterans ±171 639 Male ±156 72 Female ±59

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