Portage, Pennsylvania


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Portage
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Population 2000:2,837
Population 2002:2,764
Elevation:1,677 feet
Area codes:814
Foreign born:2.4% (1.0% Asia, 0.8% Europe, 0.4% Latin America)
Land area:0.7 square miles
County:Cambria
Industries:Educational,health and social services (26.6%), Manufacturing (16.5%), Retail trade (11.8%).
Population growth:-73 (-2.57%)
Races
White Non-Hispanic:99.2%
Marital Status
Now married:48.7%
Never married:29.1%
Widowed:14.1%
Divorced:5.9%
Separated:2.2%
Median
House value:$50,100
Household income:$24,548
Resident age:41.7 years
Portage Compared to Pennsylvania State Average
House age:much above
Number of college students:below
Median house value:below
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Length of stay since moving in:much above
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:above
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much below
Foreign-born population percentage:below
Population density:above
Median age:above
Median household income:below
Education
High school or higher:77.7%
Unemployed:14.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher:10.0%
Graduate or professional degree:3.7%
Crime Statistics
2002 crime index:34.5 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 larceny counts:12 (421.2 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:2 (70.2 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:2 (70.2 per 100,000)
2002 assault:1 (35.1 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:none
2002 murders:none
2002 robberies:none
Ancestries
German:23.7%
Polish:19.7%
Irish:13.1%
Slovak:9.7%
English:9.6%
United States:4.9%
 

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Portage, Pennsylvania ZIP Codes: 15946