Pottsville vs Tamaqua

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

Pottsville and Tamaqua 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 6,922 in Tamaqua). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($53,465 vs $44,803 in Tamaqua). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($97,700 vs $78,500 in Tamaqua).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
Population	13,374	6,922
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,465	$44,803
Median home value	$97,700	$78,500
Median gross rent	$820	$935
Housing units	6,791	3,330
Homeownership rate	58.7%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
Population	13,648 → 13,374 (-2.0%)	6,731 → 6,922 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $53,465 (+27.0%)	$38,921 → $44,803 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $97,700 (+36.8%)	$62,800 → $78,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $820 (+24.4%)	$716 → $935 (+30.6%)

Pottsville

Population

13,64813,374

Median household income

$42,083$53,465

Median home value

$71,400$97,700

Median gross rent

$659$820

Tamaqua

Population

6,7316,922

Median household income

$38,921$44,803

Median home value

$62,800$78,500

Median gross rent

$716$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
Under 5	6.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.3%
75 and over	10.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
Drove alone	72.6%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	16.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	5.6%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.7%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
1-unit, detached	32.9%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	40.8%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	7.7%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pottsville	Tamaqua
Poverty rate	18.3%	26.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938