Pottsville vs Schuylkill Haven

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

Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven 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 5,247 in Schuylkill Haven). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median household income ($55,682 vs $53,465 in Pottsville). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $97,700 in Pottsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	13,374	5,247
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,465	$55,682
Median home value	$97,700	$122,600
Median gross rent	$820	$894
Housing units	6,791	2,803
Homeownership rate	58.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
Population	13,648 → 13,374 (-2.0%)	5,178 → 5,247 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $53,465 (+27.0%)	$48,125 → $55,682 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $97,700 (+36.8%)	$93,500 → $122,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $820 (+24.4%)	$633 → $894 (+41.2%)

Pottsville

Population

13,64813,374

Median household income

$42,083$53,465

Median home value

$71,400$97,700

Median gross rent

$659$820

Schuylkill Haven

Population

5,1785,247

Median household income

$48,125$55,682

Median home value

$93,500$122,600

Median gross rent

$633$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
Under 5	6.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.4%
75 and over	10.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	90.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
No high school diploma	10.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	40.3%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
Drove alone	72.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.2%
Public transit	1.2%	2.0%
Walked	5.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
1-unit, detached	32.9%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	40.8%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Pottsville	Schuylkill Haven
Poverty rate	18.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1938	1942