Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Pottsville, PA (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 17948 1% rule Mahanoy City, PA $49,316 $1,071 16.94% 9.1%
2 17976 1% rule Shenandoah, PA $61,591 $972 12.31% 10.6%
3 17954 1% rule Minersville, PA $99,200 $1,350 10.61% 8.6%
4 18218 1% rule Coaldale, PA $94,912 $1,035 8.51% 8.9%
5 17970 Saint Clair, PA $110,000 $990 7.02% 8.3%
6 17959 New Philadelphia, PA $102,401 $873 6.65% 11.1%
7 17981 Tremont, PA $109,155 $873 6.24% 7.8%
8 17901 Pottsville, PA $156,123 $1,187 5.93% 7.2%
9 18237 McAdoo, PA $173,517 $1,224 5.50% 9.6%
10 17965 Port Carbon, PA $132,883 $918 5.39% 7.6%
11 17921 Ashland, PA $130,785 $873 5.21% 6.9%
12 18252 Tamaqua, PA $160,199 $1,070 5.21% 7.6%
13 17980 Tower City, PA $155,513 $963 4.83% 7.0%
14 17931 Frackville, PA $141,345 $873 4.82% 6.7%
15 17983 Valley View, PA $203,172 $1,008 3.87% 6.2%
16 17929 Cressona, PA $192,500 $927 3.76% 6.3%
17 17963 Pine Grove, PA $260,668 $1,035 3.10% 6.9%
18 17967 Ringtown, PA $226,934 $873 3.00% 6.5%
19 17938 Hegins, PA $249,966 $936 2.92% 5.8%
20 18214 Barnesville, PA $240,468 $873 2.83% 5.0%
21 17972 Schuylkill Haven, PA $244,002 $873 2.79% 7.4%
22 18211 Andreas, PA $348,421 $1,224 2.74% 6.0%
23 17922 Auburn, PA $320,697 $1,107 2.69% 6.4%
24 17961 Orwigsburg, PA $288,677 $918 2.48% 6.6%
25 17960 New Ringgold, PA $318,727 $918 2.25% 5.9%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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