Kane vs Smethport

A side-by-side comparison of Kane and Smethport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kane has the higher population (3,573 vs 1,516 in Smethport). Smethport has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $52,093 in Kane). Smethport has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $66,200 in Kane).

Population, income & housing

	Kane	Smethport
Population	3,573	1,516
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,093	$62,143
Median home value	$66,200	$115,000
Median gross rent	$772	$768
Housing units	1,576	731
Homeownership rate	60.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kane	Smethport
Population	3,507 → 3,573 (+1.9%)	1,601 → 1,516 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$40,363 → $52,093 (+29.1%)	$55,625 → $62,143 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $66,200 (+19.1%)	$90,300 → $115,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $772 (+29.7%)	$688 → $768 (+11.6%)

Kane

Population

3,5073,573

Median household income

$40,363$52,093

Median home value

$55,600$66,200

Median gross rent

$595$772

Smethport

Population

1,6011,516

Median household income

$55,625$62,143

Median home value

$90,300$115,000

Median gross rent

$688$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kane	Smethport
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.3%
75 and over	10.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kane	Smethport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kane	Smethport
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	48.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kane	Smethport
Drove alone	69.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	17.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.2%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kane	Smethport
1-unit, detached	70.9%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Kane	Smethport
Poverty rate	8.8%	18.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1938	1941