Minersville vs Pottsville

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

Minersville 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 4,391 in Minersville). Minersville has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $53,465 in Pottsville). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($97,700 vs $80,400 in Minersville).

Population, income & housing

	Minersville	Pottsville
Population	4,391	13,374
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$53,465
Median home value	$80,400	$97,700
Median gross rent	$736	$820
Housing units	2,214	6,791
Homeownership rate	48.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minersville	Pottsville
Population	4,205 → 4,391 (+4.4%)	13,648 → 13,374 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$31,100 → $55,938 (+79.9%)	$42,083 → $53,465 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $80,400 (+43.8%)	$71,400 → $97,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $736 (+26.7%)	$659 → $820 (+24.4%)

Minersville

Population

4,2054,391

Median household income

$31,100$55,938

Median home value

$55,900$80,400

Median gross rent

$581$736

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)

	Minersville	Pottsville
Under 5	2.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.9%
75 and over	5.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minersville	Pottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minersville	Pottsville
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	36.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minersville	Pottsville
Drove alone	65.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	28.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minersville	Pottsville
1-unit, detached	23.9%	32.9%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	40.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	9.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Minersville	Pottsville
Poverty rate	23.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938