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Pottsville, PA · 1 counties · 145,085 residents (2025 est.) · 779 sq mi
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Pottsville is a metro area of 143,558 people. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 43.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $153,000. 3% of people across the metro were born outside the United States. Owners hold 76% of the housing stock.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
143,558
−5%since 2000
from 150,336 in 2000
145,085 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
184 / sq mi
−5%since 2000
from 193 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
43.7
+7%since 2000
from 40.9 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
779 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
142K145K148K151K154K19902000201020202024Pottsville
2024144K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.7%(6,693)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.5%(7,932)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.9%(8,400)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.9%(8,412)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.5%(7,841)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3412%(17,205)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.2%(17,556)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.9%(18,550)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.4%(20,743)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7412.3%(17,596)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 846.3%(9,030)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.5%(3,600)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$68,313
+15%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $32,699 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$34,954
+103%since 2000
from $17,230 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
44.7%
+24.4 ptssince 2009
from 20.3% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
12.8%
+3.2 ptssince 2000
from 9.5% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.430
+5%since 2010
from 0.410 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade18.1%
US avg: 9.9%
Information11.7%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance8.3%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical7.2%
US avg: 5.1%
Wholesale trade7.1%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services3.4%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration2.7%
US avg: 4.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing2.1%
US avg: 1.6%
Transportation & warehousing1.7%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.3%
US avg: 1.9%
Construction1.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services1%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.9%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$153,000
+31%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $63,900 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$876
+27%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $379 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
76.1%
−1.9 ptssince 2000
from 78.0% in 2000
23.9% rent
Vacancy rate
13.8%
+0.9 ptssince 2009
from 13.0% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.35 people
+3%since 2009
from 2.29 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
16.8%
−7.3 ptssince 2009
from 24.1% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
36.2%
+3.7 ptssince 2009
from 32.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
2.2
+8%since 2009
from 2.1 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
65
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic96%(144,290)
Black2%(3,049)
Hispanic / Latino1.1%(1,671)
Asian0.4%(622)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic86.2%(123,800)
Black2.6%(3,766)
Hispanic / Latino7.8%(11,184)
Asian0.5%(678)
Other2.9%(4,130)
Diversity Score
31
+124%since 2009
from 14 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
35
−20%since 2020
from 44 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Puerto Rican2.8%(4,034)
Dominican1.8%(2,643)
Mexican1.5%(2,122)
Cuban0.2%(323)
Colombian0.2%(224)
Ecuadorian0.1%(207)
Guatemalan0.1%(178)
Salvadoran0.1%(141)
Spaniard0.1%(126)
Honduran0.1%(77)
+ 7 more hispanic origin groups with data
Asian origin
Filipino0.2%(237)
Thai0.1%(187)
Asian Indian0.1%(88)
Korean0%(56)
Pakistani0%(36)
Chinese0%(21)
Hmong0%(4)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(31)
Tongan0%(7)
Ancestry
German29.5%(42,356)
Irish16.5%(23,701)
Italian9.4%(13,538)
Polish8.4%(12,042)
English5.2%(7,425)
Lithuanian3.8%(5,387)
American3.4%(4,813)
Dutch3.1%(4,438)
Slovak1.9%(2,724)
Welsh1.6%(2,363)
Ukrainian1.5%(2,143)
French1.1%(1,559)
+ 40 more ancestry groups with data
Scottish0.7%(1,076)
Russian0.6%(867)
Austrian0.6%(823)
Arab0.5%(721)
Swiss0.5%(696)
Hungarian0.5%(681)
Greek0.4%(635)
Swedish0.4%(620)
Lebanese0.4%(509)
British0.3%(393)
Scotch-Irish0.3%(392)
Turkish0.3%(361)
Czech0.2%(330)
West Indian0.2%(258)
Jamaican0.1%(191)
Norwegian0.1%(155)
Slovene0.1%(154)
Romanian0.1%(92)
Moroccan0.1%(85)
Croatian0.1%(82)
Canadian0.1%(80)
Macedonian0.1%(74)
Syrian0%(59)
Egyptian0%(48)
Danish0%(46)
Ethiopian0%(40)
Latvian0%(34)
Belgian0%(33)
Finnish0%(29)
Brazilian0%(28)
Serbian0%(27)
Haitian0%(20)
Somali0%(14)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
19.9%
+9.2 ptssince 2000
from 10.7% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.2%
+13.1 ptssince 2000
from 77.2% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
7.1%
+3.4 ptssince 2000
from 3.7% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.3 min
+52%since 2000
from 18.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
77.8%
−1.2 ptssince 2009
from 79.0% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
10.3%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.4% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.4%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
7.3%
+4.7 ptssince 2009
from 2.5% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.9%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 4.0% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.1%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
8.0%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 9.8% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
5.6%
−2.4 ptssince 2011
from 8.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
57.8%
+0.6 ptssince 2011
from 57.2% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
75.0%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 74.1% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
11.4%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 10.7% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
32.6%
+5.8 ptssince 2009
from 26.8% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
51.7%
+1.1 ptssince 2009
from 50.5% in 2009
Female
48.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.5% in 2009
Foreign born
2.7%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 1.8% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.0%
−6.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
18.1%
+0.9 ptssince 2012
from 17.2% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
6.9%
−2.7 ptssince 2013
from 9.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
86.7%
+15.6 ptssince 2017
from 71.1% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
91.6%
+5.6 ptssince 2020
from 86.0% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
91.3%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 90.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
93.3%
−2.2 ptssince 2016
from 95.5% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
4.6%
+2.1 ptssince 2016
from 2.5% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married39.1%(24,433)
Married46.1%(28,761)
Widowed4.2%(2,640)
Divorced10.6%(6,589)
Women 15+
Never married29.7%(17,247)
Married46.8%(27,168)
Widowed12.2%(7,067)
Divorced11.4%(6,628)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
6.9%
−2.7 ptssince 2013
from 9.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
53.5%
−3.9 ptssince 2020
from 57.4% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.3%
−2.1 ptssince 2020
from 16.4% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
23.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 23.4% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
23.4%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 21.2% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
66.4%
−5.3 ptssince 2020
from 71.7% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
43.5%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 41.3% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.8%(1,436)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.1%(1,543)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.2%(2,923)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.1%(416)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(57)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 8,078 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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In this metro

Largest cities

PottsvilleCENTRAL13,170Tamaqua6,929Schuylkill Haven5,253Minersville4,423Shenandoah4,122Frackville3,893Mahanoy City3,539Lake Wynonah3,036Orwigsburg3,003St. Clair2,755McAdoo2,474Coaldale borough (Schuylkill County)2,440Pine Grove2,077Port Carbon1,806Tremont1,696Cressona1,622Valley View CDP (Schuylkill County)1,487Tower City1,434Girardville1,325Hometown1,283Shenandoah Heights1,262Hegins1,088New Philadelphia1,062Palo Alto983Friedensburg842Gordon769Ringtown721Deer Lake693Auburn677Englewood661

The 30 most populous of 68 cities and towns in this metro. CENTRAL marks the metro's principal cities.

What's inside

1 component county

Schuylkill CountyCENTRAL145,085
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Pottsville, PA?

Pottsville, PA has about 143,558 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Pottsville, PA?

The typical household in Pottsville, PA earns about $68,313 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Pottsville, PA expensive?

In Pottsville, PA, the median home is worth about $153,000, and the typical rent is about $876 a month.

How educated are people in Pottsville, PA?

About 19.9% of adults age 25 and over in Pottsville, PA hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Pottsville, PA?

About 12.8% of people in Pottsville, PA live below the federal poverty line.

Has Pottsville, PA grown since 1990?

Yes, Pottsville, PA has shrunk since 1990. The population has lost about 9,027 residents, a change of about -6 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · METRO ROLLUP OF COMPONENT COUNTIES · UPDATED 2024

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