Karns City vs Portersville

A side-by-side comparison of Karns City and Portersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Portersville has the higher population (220 vs 192 in Karns City). Portersville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $49,250 in Karns City). Portersville has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $138,500 in Karns City).

Population, income & housing

	Karns City	Portersville
Population	192	220
Median age	39.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$65,938
Median home value	$138,500	$185,200
Median gross rent	$917	$675
Housing units	97	109
Homeownership rate	57.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns City	Portersville
Population	186 → 192 (+3.2%)	284 → 220 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

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)

	Karns City	Portersville
Under 5	12.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	5.2%	14.1%
75 and over	17.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns City	Portersville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	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	2.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns City	Portersville
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	81.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns City	Portersville
Drove alone	71.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	12.3%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns City	Portersville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Karns City	Portersville
Poverty rate	20.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1946	1953