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Pottsville, PA Urban Area

29,393 Population
13 square miles 2,262.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,618 ±$1,375 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,037 ±$4,005 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±2.5% (4,794  ±727) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±2.2 (303,290  ±32,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,203 ±365 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (28,594  ±511) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±2.9% (495  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,414 ±451 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,700 ±$9,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±2.2% (2,981  ±626.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±3.5% (19,378  ±883.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±1.8% (4,246  ±406.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.7% ±0.6% (502  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±0.9% (1,530  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,530 Total veterans ±205 1,414 Male ±188 116 Female ±88

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