Halfway House vs Pottsgrove

A side-by-side comparison of Halfway House and Pottsgrove: population, income, housing, and more.

Halfway House and Pottsgrove are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Halfway House has the higher population (3,591 vs 3,267 in Pottsgrove). Pottsgrove has the higher median household income ($124,605 vs $118,878 in Halfway House). Pottsgrove has the higher median home value ($296,300 vs $294,300 in Halfway House).

Population, income & housing

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
Population	3,591	3,267
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,878	$124,605
Median home value	$294,300	$296,300
Median gross rent	$2,277	$1,814
Housing units	1,263	1,188
Homeownership rate	84.0%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
Population	2,881 → 3,591 (+24.6%)	3,328 → 3,267 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$107,188 → $118,878 (+10.9%)	$110,909 → $124,605 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $294,300 (+31.7%)	$246,900 → $296,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $2,277 (+96.5%)	$2,279 → $1,814 (-20.4%)

Halfway House

Population

2,8813,591

Median household income

$107,188$118,878

Median home value

$223,400$294,300

Median gross rent

$1,159$2,277

Pottsgrove

Population

3,3283,267

Median household income

$110,909$124,605

Median home value

$246,900$296,300

Median gross rent

$2,279$1,814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	23.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
Drove alone	61.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
1-unit, detached	53.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	43.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halfway House	Pottsgrove
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	2003	1970