Cressona vs Port Carbon

A side-by-side comparison of Cressona and Port Carbon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Carbon has the higher population (1,696 vs 1,303 in Cressona). Cressona has the higher median household income ($71,010 vs $58,750 in Port Carbon). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $104,900 in Port Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Port Carbon
Population	1,303	1,696
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$58,750
Median home value	$153,500	$104,900
Median gross rent	$888	$845
Housing units	588	869
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Port Carbon
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,760 → 1,696 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$48,333 → $58,750 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$79,600 → $104,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$744 → $845 (+13.6%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Port Carbon

Population

1,7601,696

Median household income

$48,333$58,750

Median home value

$79,600$104,900

Median gross rent

$744$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Port Carbon
Under 5	4.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.0%
75 and over	8.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Port Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Port Carbon
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Port Carbon
Drove alone	76.2%	89.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Port Carbon
1-unit, detached	66.0%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Port Carbon
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938