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17948

4,188 Population
19.2 square miles 218.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$22,768 ±$5,741 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $34,954 ±$861
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$47,813 ±$13,239 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

31.9% ±10.4% (1,335  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

25.1 minutes ±3.1 (32,750  ±6,680) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,615 ±197 Number of households
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.6 ±0.3 (4,183  ±188) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

2.3% ±3.5% (21  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,526 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$55,100 ±$3,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $153,000 ±$3,473
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

7.6% ±3.9% (317  ±162.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

86.2% ±8.9% (2,390  ±322.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
8.8% ±3.1% (244  ±89) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about one-quarter of 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

6.8% ±3.8% (285  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.8% 3,945
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

11.7% ±6.2% (352  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
352 Total veterans ±188 285 Male ±114 67 Female ±94

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