Pottstown is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 23,349 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Pottstown is the 35th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Pottstown was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Pottstown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pottstown is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pottstown who work in office and administrative support (12.45%), sales jobs (9.06%), and food service (6.70%). Also of interest is that Pottstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pottstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The percentage of adults in Pottstown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.27% of the adults in Pottstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pottstown in 2022 was $30,176, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,704 for a family of four. However, Pottstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pottstown is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pottstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pottstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pottstown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.32% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pottstown include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Pottstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
