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Portage township, Cambria County, PA

3,417 Population
24.7 square miles 138.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cambria County: 45.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,148 ±$4,185 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cambria County: $33,863 ±$1,238
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$61,250 ±$18,024 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cambria County: $56,292 ±$1,713
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.5% ±3.9% (285  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cambria County: 14.2% 17,864 (±1% / ±1,295)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26.9 minutes ±2.6 (34,905  ±5,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cambria County: 23.3 1,185,100 (±0.4 / ±29,827)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,399 ±93 Number of households
  • Cambria County: 55,692 ±624
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (3,327  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cambria County: 2.3 125,751 (±0 / ±83)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.5% ±3.8% (21  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cambria County: 4.7% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±226)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,484 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Cambria County: 64,494 ±106
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$124,400 ±$25,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cambria County: $115,900 ±$3,087
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5% ±3.7% (169  ±125.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cambria County: 9.9% 12,931 (±0.8% / ±1,055.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.2% ±10.4% (2,425  ±316.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cambria County: 92.9% 88,498 (±1.7% / ±1,656.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22% ±5.2% (584  ±142.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cambria County: 23% 21,907 (±1% / ±913.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.6% ±1% (21  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cambria County: 1% 1,330
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.4% ±3.3% (210  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cambria County: 8.8% 9,411 (±0.6% / ±601)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
210 Total veterans ±93 142 Male ±58 68 Female ±73

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