Hometown vs Port Carbon

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

Hometown 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 1,426 in Hometown). Hometown has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $58,750 in Port Carbon). Hometown has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $104,900 in Port Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Port Carbon
Population	1,426	1,696
Median age	46.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$58,750
Median home value	$216,100	$104,900
Median gross rent	—	$845
Housing units	665	869
Homeownership rate	95.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Port Carbon
Population	1,168 → 1,426 (+22.1%)	1,760 → 1,696 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$61,456 → $88,333 (+43.7%)	$48,333 → $58,750 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $216,100 (+25.3%)	$79,600 → $104,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $762 (-13.6%)	$744 → $845 (+13.6%)

Hometown

Population

1,1681,426

Median household income

$61,456$88,333

Median home value

$172,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$882$762

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)

	Hometown	Port Carbon
Under 5	0.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	29.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.0%
75 and over	9.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Port Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Port Carbon
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Port Carbon
Drove alone	82.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Port Carbon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Port Carbon
Poverty rate	1.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1969	1938