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Pottstown, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $170,405 (it was $87,400 in 2000)
Pottstown:

$170,405
Pennsylvania:

$245,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $118,417 - $229,985

Total population: 22,684 (Urban population: 21,771, Rural population: 0)

Houses: 10,983 (9,842 occupied: 4,986 owner occupied, 4,920 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

50%
State:

31%

Housing density: 2,274 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $172,980.

Median contract rent in 2022: $980 (lower quartile is $751, upper quartile is $1,218)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,069


Median gross rent in Pottstown, PA in 2022: $1,189

Housing units in Pottstown with a mortgage: 3,349 (395 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 299 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 153

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $96,863

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $60,625

Median monthly housing costs: $1,173

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Pottstown, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1948

Median year apartment built: 1952

Household type by relationship:

Households: 23,581
  • Male householders: 4,322 (1,514 living alone), Female householders: 5,514 (1,773 living alone)
  • 3,258 spouses (3,241 opposite-sex spouses), 801 unmarried partners, (755 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,799 children (6,165 natural, 504 adopted, 129 stepchildren), 986 grandchildren, 106 brothers or sisters, 327 parents, 38 foster children, 502 other relatives, 669 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 255

Size of family households: 2,553 2-persons, 1,567 3-persons, 1,170 4-persons, 408 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 100 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,386 1-person, 607 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 8 4-persons.

1,750 married couples with children.
2,716 single-parent households (609 men, 2,107 women).

91.1% of residents of Pottstown speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,239 (5.3%)
(63.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.6
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.2
State:

4.3

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • 7no bedroom
  • 481 bedroom
  • 9332 bedrooms
  • 2,7583 bedrooms
  • 1,0374 bedrooms
  • 2035+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • 315no bedroom
  • 1,5841 bedroom
  • 1,4212 bedrooms
  • 1,2323 bedrooms
  • 2914 bedrooms
  • 765+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Pottstown in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Pottstown in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 209no vehicle
  • 1,8571 vehicle
  • 1,8662 vehicles
  • 7553 vehicles
  • 1814 vehicles
  • 1185+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Pottstown in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Pottstown in renter-occupied apartments
  • 785no vehicle
  • 2,6961 vehicle
  • 1,2082 vehicles
  • 1753 vehicles
  • 484 vehicles
  • 95+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 473 rooms
  • 3194 rooms
  • 6405 rooms
  • 1,5396 rooms
  • 1,3227 rooms
  • 4708 rooms
  • 6509+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • 2641 room
  • 4522 rooms
  • 1,0673 rooms
  • 9094 rooms
  • 6435 rooms
  • 8286 rooms
  • 5127 rooms
  • 1248 rooms
  • 1219+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Pottstown, PA
Pottstown borough income, earnings, and wages data

  • Pottstown, PA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Pottstown, PA in 2022
  • 677Less than $10,000
  • 980$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,028$20,000 to $29,999
  • 845$30,000 to $39,999
  • 775$40,000 to $49,999
  • 876$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,065$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,116$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,021$100,000 to $124,999
  • 727$125,000 to $149,999
  • 416$150,000 to $199,999
  • 298$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Pottstown, PA

  • Distribution of house value in Pottstown, PA in 2022
  • 39Less than $10,000
  • 54$10,000 to $14,999
  • 38$15,000 to $19,999
  • 13$20,000 to $24,999
  • 98$30,000 to $34,999
  • 21$40,000 to $49,999
  • 11$50,000 to $59,999
  • 110$60,000 to $69,999
  • 134$70,000 to $79,999
  • 106$80,000 to $89,999
  • 347$90,000 to $99,999
  • 413$100,000 to $124,999
  • 431$125,000 to $149,999
  • 886$150,000 to $174,999
  • 474$175,000 to $199,999
  • 451$200,000 to $249,999
  • 335$250,000 to $299,999
  • 201$300,000 to $399,999
  • 38$400,000 to $499,999
  • 39$500,000 to $749,999
  • 4$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Pottstown, PA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Pottstown, PA in 2022
  • 27Less than $100
  • 12$100 to $149
  • 50$150 to $199
  • 148$200 to $249
  • 33$250 to $299
  • 22$300 to $349
  • 41$350 to $399
  • 23$400 to $449
  • 27$450 to $499
  • 177$500 to $549
  • 132$550 to $599
  • 36$600 to $649
  • 315$650 to $699
  • 241$700 to $749
  • 205$750 to $799
  • 683$800 to $899
  • 595$900 to $999
  • 1,153$1,000 to $1,249
  • 594$1,250 to $1,499
  • 207$1,500 to $1,999
  • 75$2,000 to $2,499
  • 66No cash rent
Work and jobs in Pottstown: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.5%
Number of people working at home: 1,424 (12.3% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 336
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 966
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,594
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,110
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,145
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 369
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,525
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 351
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 629
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 961
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 378
  • 90 or more minutes: 301
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Pottstown

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 7,912 (72.0%)
  • Carpooled: 765 (7.0%)
  • Bus: 149 (1.4%)
  • Long-distance train or commuter rail: 7 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 161 (1.5%)
  • Bicycle: 16 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 311 (2.8%)
  • Worked at home: 1,424 (13.0%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 3.9%Males
  • 5.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 3.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 4.6%Males
  • 16.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 7.0%Males
  • 6.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 4.8%Males
  • 11.6%Females
Races in Pottstown detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • 3992010 or later
  • 2792000 to 2009
  • 2991990 to 1999
  • 961980 to 1989
  • 651970 to 1979
  • 154Before 1970
Ancestries in Pottstown, PA

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 1,738 (15.1%)
  • Italian: 928 (8.1%)
  • American: 682 (5.9%)
  • Irish: 665 (5.8%)
  • English: 589 (5.1%)
  • Polish: 429 (3.7%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 245 (2.1%)
  • Scottish: 178 (1.5%)
  • Portuguese: 132 (1.1%)
  • Ghanaian: 131 (1.1%)
  • Haitian: 130 (1.1%)
  • African: 129 (1.1%)
  • European: 113 (1.0%)
  • Kenyan: 90 (0.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 71 (0.6%)
  • Hungarian: 61 (0.5%)
  • French: 56 (0.5%)
  • Slovak: 47 (0.4%)
  • Eastern European: 45 (0.4%)
  • Dutch: 44 (0.4%)
  • Jamaican: 44 (0.4%)
  • Ukrainian: 34 (0.3%)
  • Scandinavian: 29 (0.3%)
  • Lithuanian: 25 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 23 (0.2%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 21 (0.2%)
  • Egyptian: 20 (0.2%)
  • Greek: 18 (0.2%)
  • Russian: 18 (0.2%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 16 (0.1%)
  • Syrian: 15 (0.1%)
  • Swedish: 13 (0.1%)
  • Slavic: 11 (0.10%)
  • British: 9 (0.08%)
  • Northern European: 9 (0.08%)
  • Swiss: 4 (0.03%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Pottstown:

24.8% (320)
Pennsylvania:

5.8% (54,190)

Portugal
Pottstown:

7.4% (95)
Pennsylvania:

0.3% (3,185)

Trinidad and Tobago
Pottstown:

7.1% (92)
Pennsylvania:

0.8% (7,224)

El Salvador
Pottstown:

6.3% (81)
Pennsylvania:

0.8% (7,727)

Ecuador
Pottstown:

6.3% (81)
Pennsylvania:

1.1% (10,035)

Ghana
Pottstown:

6.1% (79)
Pennsylvania:

0.6% (5,368)

India
Pottstown:

5.8% (75)
Pennsylvania:

10.7% (100,596)

Kenya
Pottstown:

3.5% (45)
Pennsylvania:

0.5% (4,946)

Vietnam
Pottstown:

2.6% (34)
Pennsylvania:

3.3% (31,542)

England
Pottstown:

2.5% (32)
Pennsylvania:

1.0% (9,205)

Chile
Pottstown:

2.5% (32)
Pennsylvania:

0.3% (2,470)

Liberia
Pottstown:

2.3% (30)
Pennsylvania:

1.4% (12,910)

Dominican Republic
Pottstown:

2.3% (30)
Pennsylvania:

9.2% (86,544)

Laos
Pottstown:

2.2% (29)
Pennsylvania:

0.2% (2,153)

Barbados
Pottstown:

1.9% (24)
Pennsylvania:

0.1% (1,292)

Philippines
Pottstown:

1.6% (21)
Pennsylvania:

2.2% (21,039)

Guatemala
Pottstown:

1.6% (21)
Pennsylvania:

1.4% (13,268)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 18,342
  • Other state: 3,488
  • Northeast: 1,317
  • Midwest: 178
  • South: 1,575
  • West: 442

83.6% of Pottstown residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33.5% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77.2% lived in Pennsylvania.


Pottstown:

83.6%
State average:

89.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 56
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 31
  • 5th and 6th grade: 28
  • 7th and 8th grade: 60
  • 9th grade: 110
  • 10th grade: 71
  • 11th grade: 70
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 251
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,926
  • Less than 1 year of college: 666
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 806
  • Associate degree: 599
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,242
  • Master's degree: 368
  • Professional school degree: 33
  • Doctorate degree: 6
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 85
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 69
  • 9th grade: 154
  • 10th grade: 43
  • 11th grade: 178
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 120
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,384
  • Less than 1 year of college: 575
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,047
  • Associate degree: 642
  • Bachelor's degree: 889
  • Master's degree: 830
  • Professional school degree: 106
  • Doctorate degree: 44
Educational Attainment for Females
Pottstown marital status for males
Pottstown marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,645
  • One, attached: 3,872
  • Two: 991
  • 3 or 4: 697
  • 5 to 9: 555
  • 10 to 19: 359
  • 20 to 49: 513
  • 50 or more: 313
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 35
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.7%

House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Pottstown
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Pottstown, PA
  • 50.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 33.6%Utility gas
  • 14.0%Electricity
  • 1.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.2%Wood
  • 0.1%Coal or coke
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Pottstown, PA
  • 41.3%Electricity
  • 27.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 27.6%Utility gas
  • 2.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Other fuel
  • 0.2%Wood

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 321
Here:

12.0%
Pennsylvania:

15.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 171
Here:

13.8%
Pennsylvania:

13.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 152
Here:

27.1%
Pennsylvania:

39.8%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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