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Portage Area School District, PA

5,989 Population
25.5 square miles 235.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cambria County: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,146 ±$2,651 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cambria County: $34,692 ±$1,276
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,804 ±$7,513 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cambria County: $58,418 ±$1,532
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±3.9% (879  ±232) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Cambria County: 14.2% 17,830 (±1% / ±1,221)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±3 (60,770  ±9,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cambria County: 23.4 1,167,585 (±0.5 / ±34,872)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,587 ±154 Number of households
  • Cambria County: 55,973 ±615
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,882  ±251) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cambria County: 2.2 124,886 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±4.3% (69  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cambria County: 4.6% † 1,191 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,857 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Cambria County: 64,456 ±91
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,700 ±$8,129 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cambria County: $121,000 ±$2,848
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±2.9% (353  ±173) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cambria County: 9.1% 11,921 (±0.8% / ±1,069.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±6.6% (4,096  ±363.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cambria County: 93.1% 88,125 (±1.6% / ±1,506.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±3.7% (955  ±172.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cambria County: 23.9% 22,629 (±0.9% / ±828.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% ±0.4% (14  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cambria County: 1.1% 1,486
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.3% (319  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cambria County: 8.6% 9,176 (±0.5% / ±526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±109 235 Male ±69 84 Female ±73

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