Pottstown is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 21,771 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Pottstown is the 47th largest community in Pennsylvania. Pottstown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Pottstown is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pottstown is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pottstown who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.54%), sales jobs (10.25%), and food service (5.78%).

Pottstown is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Pottstown Information and Demographics

The citizens of Pottstown are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.42% of adults in Pottstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pottstown in 2000 was $19,078, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,312 for a family of four.

Pottstown is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pottstown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pottstown is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pottstown include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, English, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Pottstown is English. Some people also speak Spanish.