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17976

5,916 Population
7.6 square miles 777.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±4.9 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

$27,006 ±$2,757 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $34,954 ±$861
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$57,587 ±$16,226 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: $68,313 ±$1,387
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

26.8% ±6.7% (1,505  ±379) 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)

27.4 minutes ±3.4 (63,230  ±11,673) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 27.3 1,603,750 (±0.7 / ±49,726)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,321 ±223 Number of households
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 57,988 ±731
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (5,639  ±221) 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

4.9% ±3.9% (54  ±44) 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

3,255 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 67,295 ±128
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$55,200 ±$13,608 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

9.2% ±3.5% (543  ±204.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 8.7% 12,420 (±0.8% / ±1,156.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

83.4% ±7.3% (3,219  ±347.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 90.2% 94,102 (±1.7% / ±1,815.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
13.7% ±3.8% (529  ±149.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 19.9% 20,737 (±0.9% / ±926.6)
  • about two-fifths 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

10.8% ±2.7% (638  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 2.8% 3,945
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.8% ±1.9% (258  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pottsville, PA Micro Area: 7% 8,078 (±0.5% / ±520)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
258 Total veterans ±85 258 Male ±85 N/A Female ±17

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