Lansdale vs Pottstown

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

Lansdale 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 18,865 in Lansdale). Lansdale has the higher median household income ($86,460 vs $56,174 in Pottstown). Lansdale has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $172,300 in Pottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Lansdale	Pottstown
Population	18,865	23,392
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,460	$56,174
Median home value	$319,000	$172,300
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,181
Housing units	7,548	10,627
Homeownership rate	57.5%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansdale	Pottstown
Population	16,675 → 18,865 (+13.1%)	22,670 → 23,392 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$66,794 → $86,460 (+29.4%)	$50,331 → $56,174 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$232,800 → $319,000 (+37.0%)	$124,400 → $172,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,390 (+20.2%)	$979 → $1,181 (+20.6%)

Lansdale

Population

16,67518,865

Median household income

$66,794$86,460

Median home value

$232,800$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,390

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)

	Lansdale	Pottstown
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansdale	Pottstown
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	56.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	22.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansdale	Pottstown
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansdale	Pottstown
Drove alone	69.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.8%
Public transit	2.3%	2.1%
Walked	4.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	15.2%	10.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansdale	Pottstown
1-unit, detached	28.0%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	33.3%	34.2%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lansdale	Pottstown
Poverty rate	9.5%	19.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1958	1948