Portersville vs West Liberty

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

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

West Liberty has the higher population (294 vs 220 in Portersville). Portersville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $54,583 in West Liberty). West Liberty has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $185,200 in Portersville).

Population, income & housing

	Portersville	West Liberty
Population	220	294
Median age	49.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$54,583
Median home value	$185,200	$269,000
Median gross rent	$675	$864
Housing units	109	135
Homeownership rate	73.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portersville	West Liberty
Population	284 → 220 (-22.5%)	347 → 294 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)	$57,639 → $54,583 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)	$182,000 → $269,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)	$788 → $864 (+9.6%)

Portersville

Population

284220

Median household income

$55,000$65,938

Median home value

$143,300$185,200

Median gross rent

$589$675

West Liberty

Population

347294

Median household income

$57,639$54,583

Median home value

$182,000$269,000

Median gross rent

$788$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portersville	West Liberty
Under 5	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.3%
75 and over	9.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portersville	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portersville	West Liberty
No high school diploma	1.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portersville	West Liberty
Drove alone	78.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portersville	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	77.1%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Portersville	West Liberty
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1953	1972