Moving to Pottsville: Pros, Cons & What to Know

Moving to Pottsville means moving to the real, historic Schuylkill County seat and the continuous home of Yuengling Brewery -- America's oldest continuously operating brewery -- with genuinely affordable housing and a comparatively older population.

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A real, historic anthracite-coal-region county seat

Pottsville's population ran 13,346 at the 2020 census (an estimated 13,435 by 2026), at the heart of Pennsylvania's Southern Anthracite Coal Field, a real industry that dominated the local economy from the 1820s through the 1950s.

Yuengling Brewery: real, current, and family-owned

D.G. Yuengling & Son, founded in 1829, remains America's oldest continuously operating brewery and a real, current, fifth-generation family-owned business -- verified this pass, with no ownership sale identified as of August 2026.

Budget for an above-median property tax rate

Schuylkill County's own median effective property tax rate ran 3.71%, well above both the Pennsylvania state median (2.75%) and the national median (1.02%) -- a real, meaningful cost to budget for.

Key takeaways

Pottsville's real anthracite-coal-region history and Yuengling Brewery's continuous, family-owned operation define the city's identity.
Housing runs genuinely affordable, though cited figures carry a real, disclosed spread across sources.
Schuylkill County's own effective property tax rate runs well above both state and national medians.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-25. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.