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.
Being a small city, Pottsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pottsville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.61% of adults in Pottsville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pottsville in 2022 was $35,994, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,976 for a family of four. However, Pottsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pottsville is a somewhat 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. Important ancestries of people in Pottsville include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Pottsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
