North Wales vs Pottsgrove

A side-by-side comparison of North Wales and Pottsgrove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Wales has the higher population (3,421 vs 3,267 in Pottsgrove). Pottsgrove has the higher median household income ($124,605 vs $115,833 in North Wales). North Wales has the higher median home value ($385,400 vs $296,300 in Pottsgrove).

Population, income & housing

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
Population	3,421	3,267
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,833	$124,605
Median home value	$385,400	$296,300
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,814
Housing units	1,372	1,188
Homeownership rate	71.8%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
Population	3,253 → 3,421 (+5.2%)	3,328 → 3,267 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$94,679 → $115,833 (+22.3%)	$110,909 → $124,605 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$253,900 → $385,400 (+51.8%)	$246,900 → $296,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,417 (+33.7%)	$2,279 → $1,814 (-20.4%)

North Wales

Population

3,2533,421

Median household income

$94,679$115,833

Median home value

$253,900$385,400

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,417

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)

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
Under 5	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.5%
75 and over	7.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
Drove alone	71.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.9%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
1-unit, detached	57.2%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Wales	Pottsgrove
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1945	1970