Portage, Pennsylvania - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,491
Male Share of the Population	50.3%
Female Share of the Population	49.7%
Senior Citizens	22.2%
Employed Population 16+	1,042
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	47.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	22.6%
Median Earnings25+	$35,505
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$39,250
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$33,071

Wealth

Median Family Income	$59,432
% Above Poverty Level	85.8%
% Below Poverty Level	14.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	2.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6.9%
% Using Public Transportation	0.4%

Housing

People Living Alone	34.2%
Median Gross Rent	$461
Median House Value	$74,400

Ancestry

Polish	24.2%
Irish	18%
English	10.3%
Slovak	9.5%
Italian	8.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	6%
Russian	4.2%
Hungarian	4.1%
German	2%
Dutch	1.9%
Czech	1.6%
Scottish	1.5%
French Except Basque	1.5%
Lithuanian	1%
Belgian	1%
Finnish	0.9%
Austrian	0.9%
Ukrainian	0.5%
Welsh	0.5%
Swedish	0.4%
Canadian	0.4%
Swiss	0.2%
Lebanese	0.2%
Croatian	0.2%
Arab	0.2%
Slovene	0.2%
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Portage Almanac

Category	Value
County	Cambria County
Standard Zip Codes	15946
Phone Area Codes	814
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.38
Approximate Longitude	-78.67

Portage Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	EBENSBURG SEWAGE PLANT
Distance	6.3 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 35 F
Apr Temp	33 to 60 F
Jul Temp	56 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 63 F
Annual Precip	49.8 inches

Station	PRINCE GALLITZIN ST PK
Distance	19.2 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 33 F
Apr Temp	35 to 59 F
Jul Temp	58 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 62 F
Annual Precip	38.5 inches

Station	KEGG
Distance	28.1 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 39 F
Apr Temp	37 to 64 F
Jul Temp	59 to 86 F
Oct Temp	39 to 66 F
Annual Precip	38.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cassandra	206	$68,125
Ehrenfeld	167	$41,875
Lilly	854	$49,620
South Fork	903	$38,125
Summerhill	430	$65,833
Wilmore	245	$48,125

Portage Public Libraries

Portage Public Library
704 MAIN STREET
Portage, Pennsylvania
(814) 736-4340

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Portage Public Schools

Portage Area El Sch
84 Mountain Ave
ZIP: 15946
(814) 736-9636
Primary
Total Enrollment 513

Portage Area Jshs
85 Mountain Ave
ZIP: 15946
(814) 736-9636
High
Total Enrollment 405

Portage Private Schools

Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart School
812 Orchard St
ZIP: 15946
Elementary
Total Enrollment 13

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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