Foster Brook vs Port Allegany

A side-by-side comparison of Foster Brook and Port Allegany: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Allegany has the higher population (2,430 vs 1,019 in Foster Brook). Foster Brook has the higher median household income ($69,659 vs $57,837 in Port Allegany). Foster Brook has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $105,200 in Port Allegany).

Population, income & housing

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
Population	1,019	2,430
Median age	49.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,659	$57,837
Median home value	$109,100	$105,200
Median gross rent	$709	$865
Housing units	482	997
Homeownership rate	91.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
Population	1,086 → 1,019 (-6.2%)	2,262 → 2,430 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$52,344 → $69,659 (+33.1%)	$50,549 → $57,837 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $109,100 (+28.4%)	$83,500 → $105,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $709 (+3.2%)	$723 → $865 (+19.6%)

Foster Brook

Population

1,0861,019

Median household income

$52,344$69,659

Median home value

$85,000$109,100

Median gross rent

$687$709

Port Allegany

Population

2,2622,430

Median household income

$50,549$57,837

Median home value

$83,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$723$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	24.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.6%
75 and over	10.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	46.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
Drove alone	87.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
1-unit, detached	89.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Foster Brook	Port Allegany
Poverty rate	9.6%	25.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1947	1948