Frackville vs Pottsville

A side-by-side comparison of Frackville and Pottsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pottsville has the higher population (13,374 vs 3,860 in Frackville). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $53,465 in Pottsville). Frackville has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $97,700 in Pottsville).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Pottsville
Population	3,860	13,374
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$53,465
Median home value	$99,700	$97,700
Median gross rent	$711	$820
Housing units	1,755	6,791
Homeownership rate	78.3%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Pottsville
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	13,648 → 13,374 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$42,083 → $53,465 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$71,400 → $97,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$659 → $820 (+24.4%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Pottsville

Population

13,64813,374

Median household income

$42,083$53,465

Median home value

$71,400$97,700

Median gross rent

$659$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Pottsville
Under 5	5.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.9%
75 and over	9.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Pottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Pottsville
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	56.6%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Pottsville
Drove alone	81.3%	72.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.6%
Other means	7.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Pottsville
1-unit, detached	44.7%	32.9%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	40.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Pottsville
Poverty rate	17.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938