Pottsville vs Russellville

A side-by-side comparison of Pottsville and Russellville: population, income, housing, and more.

Pottsville and Russellville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Russellville has the higher population (29,057 vs 3,201 in Pottsville). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($66,761 vs $48,708 in Russellville). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $166,500 in Russellville).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsville	Russellville
Population	3,201	29,057
Median age	34.7 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,761	$48,708
Median home value	$169,800	$166,500
Median gross rent	$820	$835
Housing units	1,310	11,917
Homeownership rate	81.8%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsville	Russellville
Population	3,183 → 3,201 (+0.6%)	29,193 → 29,057 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$47,546 → $66,761 (+40.4%)	$36,562 → $48,708 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $169,800 (+29.5%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $820 (+17.6%)	$675 → $835 (+23.7%)

Pottsville

Population

3,1833,201

Median household income

$47,546$66,761

Median home value

$131,100$169,800

Median gross rent

$697$820

Russellville

Population

29,19329,057

Median household income

$36,562$48,708

Median home value

$128,300$166,500

Median gross rent

$675$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsville	Russellville
Under 5	8.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	19.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.5%
75 and over	4.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsville	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsville	Russellville
No high school diploma	8.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsville	Russellville
Drove alone	91.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsville	Russellville
1-unit, detached	88.9%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Pottsville	Russellville
Poverty rate	13.8%	20.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	2003	1985