Horsham vs Pottstown

A side-by-side comparison of Horsham and Pottstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pottstown has the higher population (23,392 vs 15,866 in Horsham). Horsham has the higher median household income ($99,121 vs $56,174 in Pottstown). Horsham has the higher median home value ($363,100 vs $172,300 in Pottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Horsham	Pottstown
Population	15,866	23,392
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,121	$56,174
Median home value	$363,100	$172,300
Median gross rent	$1,251	$1,181
Housing units	6,122	10,627
Homeownership rate	70.3%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horsham	Pottstown
Population	14,611 → 15,866 (+8.6%)	22,670 → 23,392 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$82,098 → $99,121 (+20.7%)	$50,331 → $56,174 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$288,100 → $363,100 (+26.0%)	$124,400 → $172,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,251 (-1.8%)	$979 → $1,181 (+20.6%)

Horsham

Population

14,61115,866

Median household income

$82,098$99,121

Median home value

$288,100$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,251

Pottstown

Population

22,67023,392

Median household income

$50,331$56,174

Median home value

$124,400$172,300

Median gross rent

$979$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horsham	Pottstown
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horsham	Pottstown
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	56.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	22.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	3.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horsham	Pottstown
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	23.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horsham	Pottstown
Drove alone	73.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.8%
Public transit	2.6%	2.1%
Walked	1.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	19.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horsham	Pottstown
1-unit, detached	48.5%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	20.9%	34.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Horsham	Pottstown
Poverty rate	3.7%	19.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1974	1948