Pottsville vs Shenandoah

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

Pottsville and Shenandoah 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 4,256 in Shenandoah). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($53,465 vs $40,702 in Shenandoah). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($97,700 vs $43,500 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
Population	13,374	4,256
Median age	41.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,465	$40,702
Median home value	$97,700	$43,500
Median gross rent	$820	$742
Housing units	6,791	2,489
Homeownership rate	58.7%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
Population	13,648 → 13,374 (-2.0%)	4,820 → 4,256 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $53,465 (+27.0%)	$28,427 → $40,702 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $97,700 (+36.8%)	$28,200 → $43,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $820 (+24.4%)	$557 → $742 (+33.2%)

Pottsville

Population

13,64813,374

Median household income

$42,083$53,465

Median home value

$71,400$97,700

Median gross rent

$659$820

Shenandoah

Population

4,8204,256

Median household income

$28,427$40,702

Median home value

$28,200$43,500

Median gross rent

$557$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
Under 5	6.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.6%
75 and over	10.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	53.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	10.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	40.3%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
Drove alone	72.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.1%
Public transit	1.2%	1.6%
Walked	5.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.7%
Other means	3.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	32.9%	20.8%
1-unit, attached	40.8%	67.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pottsville	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	18.3%	32.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938