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Pottstown borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Pottstown borough is a Census borough of 23,476 people across 4.85 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $60,828, 55.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 82 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $38.2 m.
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Pottstown
What Pottstown is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area4.85 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,839
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottstown
How many people live in Pottstown
- Population23,476
- Median age36.6
- Population under 185,830
- Share under 1824.8 percent
- Population 65 and over3,722
- Share 65 and over15.9 percent
- Households9,550
- Family households5,734
- Share of households that are families60.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottstown
Income and work in Pottstown
- Median household income$60,828
- Per capita income$32,682
- Civilian labor force11,921
- Employed11,310
- Unemployed611 plus or minus 235
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over15,632
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottstown
Housing in Pottstown
- Housing units10,447
- Occupied units9,550
- Vacant units897 plus or minus 246
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied5,262
- Renter occupied4,288
- Ownership rate55.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$195,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,260
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.9 percent
- Single family units7,055
- Share single family67.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,315
- Share in buildings of two or more31.7 percent
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottstown
How Pottstown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,654
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,151
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,183
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.3 percent
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport2.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottstown
SBA loans in Pottstown (7(a))
- Approvals82
- Gross approval$38,205,000
- Average approval$465,915
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,250,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported882
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.9 percent
- Share to franchises13.4 percent
- Distinct lenders34
- Distinct industries by NAICS60
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottstown
SBA loans in Pottstown (504)
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$12,349,000
- Average approval$771,813
- Median approval$630,000
- Largest approval$2,725,000
- Jobs supported153
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottstown
Flood risk in Pottstown
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420705
- Currently effective map date03/02/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Montgomery County, not Pottstown
Montgomery County context, not Pottstown figures
These are Montgomery County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pottstown measurements.
- Establishments in Montgomery County26,711
- Employment at those establishments, Montgomery County559,196
- Covered employment, Montgomery County505,821
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$88,412
- Average weekly wage, Montgomery County$1,700
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County2,490
- Of those, single family, Montgomery County1,877
- County product, 2024, Montgomery County$110,422,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Montgomery County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Montgomery County$109,868
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pottstown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Pottstown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pottstown, Pennsylvania?
23,476, in 9,550 households. Pottstown borough covers 4.85 square miles of land, which is 4,839 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pottstown in?
Montgomery County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Pottstown?
$60,828. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $195,400. Median gross rent is $1,260 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pottstown businesses?
82 7(a) approvals totalling $38.2 m, across 34 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $12.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pottstown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pottstown borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Pottstown in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Pottstown appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420705, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Pottstown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Pottstown.
Is zoning published for Pottstown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.