Because of many things, Pottsville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pottsville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pottsville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Pottsville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Pottsville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.53% of adults in Pottsville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pottsville in 2022 was $38,666, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,664 for a family of four. However, Pottsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pottsville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pottsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pottsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pottsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.81% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pottsville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Pottsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
