Mount Jewett vs Port Allegany

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

Mount Jewett 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 608 in Mount Jewett). Port Allegany has the higher median household income ($57,837 vs $52,969 in Mount Jewett). Port Allegany has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $74,500 in Mount Jewett).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
Population	608	2,430
Median age	50.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,969	$57,837
Median home value	$74,500	$105,200
Median gross rent	$700	$865
Housing units	379	997
Homeownership rate	86.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
Population	935 → 608 (-35.0%)	2,262 → 2,430 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$46,528 → $52,969 (+13.8%)	$50,549 → $57,837 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $74,500 (+25.6%)	$83,500 → $105,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $700 (+7.4%)	$723 → $865 (+19.6%)

Mount Jewett

Population

935608

Median household income

$46,528$52,969

Median home value

$59,300$74,500

Median gross rent

$652$700

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)

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
Under 5	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.6%
75 and over	8.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
Drove alone	87.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	8.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
1-unit, detached	79.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Jewett	Port Allegany
Poverty rate	12.8%	25.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1944	1948