Petrolia vs Portersville

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

Petrolia 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 163 in Petrolia). Portersville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $50,000 in Petrolia). Portersville has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $93,300 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Petrolia	Portersville
Population	163	220
Median age	50.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$65,938
Median home value	$93,300	$185,200
Median gross rent	$956	$675
Housing units	104	109
Homeownership rate	64.3%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petrolia	Portersville
Population	152 → 163 (+7.2%)	284 → 220 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)

Petrolia

Population

152163

Median household income

$43,036$50,000

Median home value

$61,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$750$956

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)

	Petrolia	Portersville
Under 5	1.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	2.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	21.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	20.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	21.5%	14.1%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petrolia	Portersville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petrolia	Portersville
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	64.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petrolia	Portersville
Drove alone	80.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.3%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petrolia	Portersville
1-unit, detached	89.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Petrolia	Portersville
Poverty rate	4.3%	14.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1953	1953