Blanchard vs Port Matilda

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Port Matilda: population, income, housing, and more.

Blanchard and Port Matilda are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Matilda has the higher population (552 vs 538 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $50,511 in Port Matilda). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $157,200 in Port Matilda).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
Population	538	552
Median age	47.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$50,511
Median home value	$158,900	$157,200
Median gross rent	$907	$697
Housing units	217	316
Homeownership rate	73.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
Population	541 → 538 (-0.6%)	593 → 552 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$65,125 → $74,375 (+14.2%)	$53,750 → $50,511 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $158,900 (+0.5%)	$119,000 → $157,200 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $907 (-0.1%)	$659 → $697 (+5.8%)

Blanchard

Population

541538

Median household income

$65,125$74,375

Median home value

$158,100$158,900

Median gross rent

$908$907

Port Matilda

Population

593552

Median household income

$53,750$50,511

Median home value

$119,000$157,200

Median gross rent

$659$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
Under 5	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	19.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	26.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.2%
75 and over	3.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
Drove alone	84.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
1-unit, detached	67.3%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Port Matilda
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.62	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1949	1950