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Porter township, Jefferson County, PA

318 Population
17.7 square miles 18 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±14.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 44 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,777 ±$13,710 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $32,564 ±$1,028
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,406 ±$20,728 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $58,686 ±$2,154
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.1% ±12% (95  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 14.2% † 6,081 (±1.6% / ±704)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.8 minutes ±4.7 (4,010  ±1,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson County: 23.5 429,915 (±0.9 / ±19,836)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

115 ±26 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 18,344 ±206
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (318  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 43,106 (±0 / ±12)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

149 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 22,085 ±68
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,600 ±$33,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $139,700 ±$6,702
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±5.3% (16  ±17.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% † 3,339 (±1.2% / ±531.5)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±30% (212  ±46.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92.2% 28,928 (±2.1% / ±668.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.7% ±10.5% (22  ±24.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 18.4% 5,767 (±1.1% / ±329.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.3% ±1.6% (1  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 0.4% 189
  • 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

8.8% ±5.5% (21  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8% 2,740 (±0.7% / ±252)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
21 Total veterans ±14 19 Male ±13 2 Female ±3

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