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Pottsville city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Pottsville city is a Census city of 13,364 people across 4.17 square miles of land, in Schuylkill County. Median household income is $54,332, 57.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Pottsville
What Pottsville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.17 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,208
- County holding the largest share of its areaSchuylkill 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.
Pottsville
How many people live in Pottsville
- Population13,364
- Median age43.4
- Population under 182,652
- Share under 1819.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,877
- Share 65 and over21.5 percent
- Households6,001
- Family households3,273
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottsville
Income and work in Pottsville
- Median household income$54,332
- Per capita income$30,888
- Civilian labor force6,496
- Employed6,027
- Unemployed469 plus or minus 166
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over9,873
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottsville
Housing in Pottsville
- Housing units6,972
- Occupied units6,001
- Vacant units971 plus or minus 247
- Vacancy rate13.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied3,427
- Renter occupied2,574
- Ownership rate57.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$100,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$822
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units4,903
- Share single family70.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,055
- Share in buildings of two or more29.5 percent
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottsville
How Pottsville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,464
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,545
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,247 plus or minus 320
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Drove alone70.9 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked5.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home8.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pottsville
SBA loans in Pottsville (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$5,703,900
- Average approval$518,536
- Median approval$225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,299,000
- Largest approval$2,470,000
- Jobs supported74
- Jobs per approval6.7
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more45.5 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottsville
SBA loans in Pottsville (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$203,000
- Average approval$203,000
- Median approval$203,000
- Largest approval$203,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottsville
Flood risk in Pottsville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420785
- Currently effective map date05/18/21
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.
Schuylkill County, not Pottsville
Schuylkill County context, not Pottsville figures
These are Schuylkill County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pottsville measurements.
- Establishments in Schuylkill County2,705
- Employment at those establishments, Schuylkill County41,596
- Covered employment, Schuylkill County50,294
- Average annual pay, Schuylkill County$54,134
- Average weekly wage, Schuylkill County$1,041
- Housing units permitted, Schuylkill County239
- Of those, single family, Schuylkill County167
- County product, 2024, Schuylkill County$6,491,898,000
- County product change over the prior year, Schuylkill County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Schuylkill County$54,473
Every figure in this section is published for Schuylkill County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pottsville. 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
Pottsville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pottsville, Pennsylvania?
13,364, in 6,001 households. Pottsville city covers 4.17 square miles of land, which is 3,208 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pottsville in?
Schuylkill 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 Pottsville?
$54,332. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $100,500. Median gross rent is $822 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pottsville businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $225,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $203,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pottsville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pottsville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Pottsville. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Pottsville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Pottsville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420785, 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 Pottsville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Schuylkill 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 Pottsville.
Is zoning published for Pottsville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.