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Pottsville, PA Urban Area

29,155 Population
13 square miles 2,243.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,646 ±$1,276 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,662 ±$3,288 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.5% ±1.9% (4,394  ±550) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.4 minutes ±1.8 (299,040  ±28,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,766 ±432 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (28,368  ±516) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7% ±2.3% (446  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,075 ±477 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$99,800 ±$7,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±3.1% (3,060  ±879) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.1% ±3.2% (19,123  ±887.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.6% ±1.8% (4,169  ±401.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.6% ±0.6% (467  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±0.9% (1,589  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,589 Total veterans ±216 1,489 Male ±208 100 Female ±59

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