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Portage borough, Cambria County, PA

2,477 Population
0.7 square miles 3,750 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cambria County: 45.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,461 ±$3,273 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cambria County: $33,863 ±$1,238
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$46,389 ±$7,350 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cambria County: $56,292 ±$1,713
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.6% ±7.1% (437  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cambria County: 14.2% 17,864 (±1% / ±1,295)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.2 minutes ±3.4 (21,695  ±4,509) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cambria County: 23.3 1,185,100 (±0.4 / ±29,827)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,088 ±112 Number of households
  • Cambria County: 55,692 ±624
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.3 (2,449  ±236) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cambria County: 2.3 125,751 (±0 / ±83)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.2% ±3.7% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cambria County: 4.7% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±226)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,285 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Cambria County: 64,494 ±106
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$88,800 ±$19,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cambria County: $115,900 ±$3,087
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.2% ±4.6% (201  ±113.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cambria County: 9.9% 12,931 (±0.8% / ±1,055.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.5% ±3.9% (1,606  ±194) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cambria County: 92.9% 88,498 (±1.7% / ±1,656.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.9% ±5.2% (393  ±102.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cambria County: 23% 21,907 (±1% / ±913.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cambria County: 1% 1,330
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.4% ±2.1% (103  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cambria County: 8.8% 9,411 (±0.6% / ±601)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
103 Total veterans ±41 92 Male ±38 11 Female ±12

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