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17972

11,826 Population
48.6 square miles 243.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$34,049 ±$2,285 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $34,954 ±$861
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$68,558 ±$9,306 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

5.7% ±3% (648  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 12.8% 17,389 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26 minutes ±2.5 (131,025  ±18,766) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

4,724 ±349 Number of households
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.2 (11,497  ±577) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.4 136,457 (±0 / ±61)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5% ±3.1% (129  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,496 (±1% / ±275)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

5,186 ±362 Number of housing units
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$169,600 ±$16,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $153,000 ±$3,473
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

10.5% ±4% (1,237  ±470.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.6% ±6% (7,598  ±650) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
23.4% ±4.2% (1,901  ±356.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.9% ±2.6% (345  ±304) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.8% 3,945
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.2% ±1.5% (481  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
481 Total veterans ±139 476 Male ±140 5 Female ±18

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