Eau Claire vs Portersville

A side-by-side comparison of Eau Claire and Portersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Eau Claire and Portersville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eau Claire has the higher population (253 vs 220 in Portersville). Portersville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $48,750 in Eau Claire). Portersville has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $107,500 in Eau Claire).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire	Portersville
Population	253	220
Median age	48.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$65,938
Median home value	$107,500	$185,200
Median gross rent	$705	$675
Housing units	126	109
Homeownership rate	73.6%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire	Portersville
Population	297 → 253 (-14.8%)	284 → 220 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $48,750 (+9.9%)	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $107,500 (+20.4%)	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $705 (-2.8%)	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)

Eau Claire

Population

297253

Median household income

$44,375$48,750

Median home value

$89,300$107,500

Median gross rent

$725$705

Portersville

Population

284220

Median household income

$55,000$65,938

Median home value

$143,300$185,200

Median gross rent

$589$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire	Portersville
Under 5	2.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	23.7%	14.1%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire	Portersville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire	Portersville
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	56.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire	Portersville
Drove alone	81.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	8.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire	Portersville
1-unit, detached	75.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire	Portersville
Poverty rate	15.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1955	1953