Metro area · CBSA 39060
Pottsville
The Pottsville, PA metro area has 143,558 people. Median rent is $876, 15.4% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Schuylkill County at $1,068. Of the 37 places we track here, Ravine has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$68,313
Median home value
$153,000
Unemployment
5.6%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,068
HUD, Schuylkill County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottsville | 13,364 | $822 | 18.2% |
| Tamaqua | 6,924 | $996 | 25.9% |
| Schuylkill Haven | 5,253 | $904 | 20.0% |
| Minersville | 4,396 | $782 | 17.6% |
| Shenandoah | 4,146 | $982 | 26.0% |
| Frackville | 3,878 | $815 | 17.2% |
| Mahanoy City | 3,507 | $910 | 28.9% |
| Lake Wynonah | 3,036 | $876 | 10.7% |
| Orwigsburg | 3,005 | $685 | 9.8% |
| St. Clair | 2,754 | $1,064 | 19.9% |
| Coaldale | 2,514 | $843 | 17.1% |
| McAdoo | 2,501 | $986 | 25.9% |
| Pine Grove | 2,118 | $793 | 14.8% |
| Port Carbon | 1,768 | $877 | 17.2% |
| Tremont | 1,605 | $857 | 13.3% |
| Tower City | 1,545 | $963 | 16.9% |
| Valley View | 1,487 | $843 | 13.1% |
| Cressona | 1,420 | $945 | 15.3% |
| Hometown | 1,283 | $762 | 10.0% |
| Shenandoah Heights | 1,262 | $1,054 | 14.5% |
| Girardville | 1,110 | $876 | 25.1% |
| Hegins | 1,088 | $765 | 9.8% |
| New Philadelphia | 975 | $822 | 23.2% |
| Palo Alto | 960 | $961 | 18.7% |
| Gordon | 959 | $775 | 10.0% |
| Friedensburg | 842 | $1,080 | 14.4% |
| Ringtown | 745 | $876 | 12.0% |
| Gilberton | 687 | $430 | 7.9% |
| Englewood | 661 | $876 | 15.4% |
| Deer Lake | 656 | $817 | 9.5% |
| Park Crest | 645 | $876 | 17.6% |
| Sheppton | 588 | $735 | 15.1% |
| Lavelle | 572 | $565 | 9.5% |
| Muir | 572 | $840 | 9.3% |
| Ravine | 537 | $622 | 7.0% |
| Altamont | 526 | $876 | 24.0% |
| Renningers | 511 | $876 | 9.5% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.