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Pottsville, PA

13,386 Population
4.2 square miles 3,213.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 44.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,200 ±$1,831 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $32,316 ±$770
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$46,081 ±$7,133 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $63,574 ±$1,527
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

20.8% ±4.9% (2,650  ±625) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 12.3% 16,822 (±1% / ±1,358)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

23.8 minutes ±3.6 (128,600  ±22,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 26.7 1,600,915 (±0.5 / ±39,323)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

5,655 ±287 Number of households
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 56,987 ±572
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.3 ±0.1 (12,710  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.4 136,354 (±0 / ±65)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

9.5% ±3.6% (323  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,591 (±0.9% / ±238)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

6,553 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 67,328 ±84
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$91,200 ±$7,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $127,900 ±$4,449
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

14.2% ±5% (1,864  ±,659.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 8.8% 12,418 (±0.9% / ±1,205.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

89.1% ±6% (8,361  ±,664.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 89.7% 93,676 (±1.7% / ±1,745.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
19.5% ±3.2% (1,828  ±,307.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 18.5% 19,294 (±0.9% / ±,902.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

1.3% ±1% (178  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.2% 3,158
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

6.5% ±1.6% (675  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 7.6% 8,725 (±0.5% / ±574)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
675 Total veterans ±166 649 Male ±168 26 Female ±20

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