Pottstown vs Willow Grove

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

Pottstown and Willow Grove 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 13,919 in Willow Grove). Willow Grove has the higher median household income ($98,402 vs $56,174 in Pottstown). Willow Grove has the higher median home value ($326,300 vs $172,300 in Pottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
Population	23,392	13,919
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,174	$98,402
Median home value	$172,300	$326,300
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,677
Housing units	10,627	5,724
Homeownership rate	52.5%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
Population	22,670 → 23,392 (+3.2%)	14,992 → 13,919 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$50,331 → $56,174 (+11.6%)	$79,162 → $98,402 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $172,300 (+38.5%)	$262,800 → $326,300 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,181 (+20.6%)	$1,328 → $1,677 (+26.3%)

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

Willow Grove

Population

14,99213,919

Median household income

$79,162$98,402

Median home value

$262,800$326,300

Median gross rent

$1,328$1,677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.8%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	22.2%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	42.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
Drove alone	71.2%	65.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	2.7%
Walked	4.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	19.8%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
1-unit, detached	33.5%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	34.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pottstown	Willow Grove
Poverty rate	19.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1948	1957