Best PlacesPottstown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pottstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pottstown ranks 957th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on tree cover, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pottstown
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pottstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pottstown ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of cities
Where Pottstown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pottstown
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pottstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,924, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pottstown's effective rate of 1.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pottstown
Pottstown's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pottstown.
Who works in Pottstown, and how
Work in Pottstown centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pottstown
Pottstown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 91% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pottstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pottstown, month by month
Pottstown sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pottstown
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pottstown
Schools across Pottstown average a B, better than 66% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- East Vincent El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- French Creek El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Evans El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-westA+ · 70% proficient
- Owen J Roberts MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Boyertown Area Ms-eastB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring-ford Shs 9-12 CtrA+ · 98% proficient
- Owen J Roberts HsA · 70% proficient
- Pottsgrove ShsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pottstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pottstown measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pottstown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Pottstown suits
Common questions about living in Pottstown
Is Pottstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pottstown ranks 957th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pottstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $294,535. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $95,924 median income, cost of living beats 60% of cities.
Is Pottstown safe?
Pottstown is safer than 51% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pottstown?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of cities.
Is Pottstown good for families?
Schools beat 66% of cities, crime safety beats 51%, and childcare runs $1,299 a month.
Compare Pottstown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pottstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pottstown represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pottstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pottstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pottstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pottstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pottstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pottstown detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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