Port Allegany vs Smethport

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

Port Allegany and Smethport 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 1,516 in Smethport). Smethport has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $57,837 in Port Allegany). Smethport has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $105,200 in Port Allegany).

Population, income & housing

	Port Allegany	Smethport
Population	2,430	1,516
Median age	32.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,837	$62,143
Median home value	$105,200	$115,000
Median gross rent	$865	$768
Housing units	997	731
Homeownership rate	67.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Allegany	Smethport
Population	2,262 → 2,430 (+7.4%)	1,601 → 1,516 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$50,549 → $57,837 (+14.4%)	$55,625 → $62,143 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $105,200 (+26.0%)	$90,300 → $115,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $865 (+19.6%)	$688 → $768 (+11.6%)

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

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)

	Port Allegany	Smethport
Under 5	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	24.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.3%
75 and over	4.3%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Allegany	Smethport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Allegany	Smethport
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	41.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Allegany	Smethport
Drove alone	71.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.1%
Other means	2.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Allegany	Smethport
1-unit, detached	75.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Allegany	Smethport
Poverty rate	25.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1948	1941