Because of many things, Pottsville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pottsville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pottsville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pottsville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small city, Pottsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Pottsville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.39% of the adults in Pottsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pottsville in 2022 was $37,549, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,196 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 16.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pottsville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Pottsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
