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Census Tract 17, Schuylkill, PA

3,131 Population
2.2 square miles 1,417.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pottsville: 43.4 ±2.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$42,569 ±$5,690 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pottsville: $30,888 ±$2,176
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $34,954 ±$861
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$60,857 ±$13,131 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pottsville: $54,332 † ±$8,722
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Schuylkill County: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

5.7% ±3.1% (175  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pottsville: 19.9% † 2,522 (±4.5% / ±570)
  • about half the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

29.2 minutes ±4.3 (33,665  ±8,994) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pottsville: 24.3 † 132,700 (±4.3 / ±25,979)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,454 ±196 Number of households
  • Pottsville: 6,001 ±238
  • Schuylkill County: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.1 ±0.4 (3,074  ±368) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pottsville: 2.1 12,660 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.1% ±4.7% (17  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Pottsville: 8.9% † 280 (±4.6% / ±148)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,706 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Pottsville: 6,972 ±360
  • Schuylkill County: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$174,600 ±$45,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pottsville: $100,500 † ±$16,002
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $153,000 ±$3,473
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

8.9% ±6.4% (277  ±202.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pottsville: 11.4% † 1,506 (±3.2% / ±418.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

95.7% ±7.3% (2,352  ±323.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pottsville: 89.4% 8,830 (±6% / ±669)
  • a little higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
40.3% ±8.8% (991  ±245.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Pottsville: 21.9% † 2,166 (±3.4% / ±345.7)
  • about double the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (17  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Pottsville: 1.1% † 140 (±0.6% / ±86)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.8% 3,945
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

10.6% ±4.1% (275  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Pottsville: 5.8% † 616 (±1.4% / ±154)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
275 Total veterans ±110 242 Male ±93 33 Female ±64

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