Real estate · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Real estate agents and brokers in the Pottsville, PA area
How the Pottsville, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #1 of 533 scored small-town markets
#1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 64
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $962.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,600 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 276
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,085
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Pottsville area is 84 (high), #1 of 533 scored small-town markets and #1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for real estate agents and brokers.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 real estate agents and brokers in the Pottsville area. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, 64% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
At $16,600 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Pottsville area spend about $962.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.8 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Pottsville area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 4,142 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pottsville area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pottsville area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Pottsville area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 20.4 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 276 | 162 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,142 | 1,706 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,600 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,313 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 643 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 177The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Pottsville area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Pottsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,085+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 57,988
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 184
- Median household income
- $68,313+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,756
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 51,690
- Daytime population
- 129,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottsville, PA | 84 | 64 | 11.0 | 276 | +1.5% | #1 of 533 |
| 2Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 82 | 36 | 13.7 | 219 | +2.3% | #3 of 533 |
| 3Indiana, PA | 81 | 22 | 6.8 | 432 | −0.3% | #5 of 533 |
| 4Selinsgrove, PA | 80 | 8 | 5.5 | 561 | −0.2% | #7 of 533 |
| 5Lewistown, PA | 79 | 12 | 6.5 | 452 | 0.0% | #11 of 533 |
| 6Sunbury, PA | 79 | 31 | 6.8 | 445 | −1.7% | #12 of 533 |
| 7Lock Haven, PA | 79 | 17 | 11.0 | 269 | +1.3% | #14 of 533 |
| 8DuBois, PA | 76 | 23 | 7.1 | 416 | −2.9% | #21 of 533 |
| 9Oil City, PA | 75 | 16 | 7.5 | 389 | −2.0% | #24 of 533 |
| 10Huntingdon, PA | 74 | 13 | 8.0 | 380 | −2.4% | #25 of 533 |
Other business types in the Pottsville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate85
- Real estate agents and brokers84
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Pottsville, PA area?
There are 64 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Pottsville area as of September 2026. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Pottsville, PA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $962.6M a year, or $16,600 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 64 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.8 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,988 households in the Pottsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pottsville, PA area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Pottsville area has 11.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 276, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Pottsville area would have about 177, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,142 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pottsville, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Pottsville area at 145,085 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,988 households. The median household income in the Pottsville area is $68,313 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Pottsville area scores 84 for real estate agents and brokers (high), #1 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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