Pine Grove vs Port Carbon

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

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

Pine Grove has the higher population (2,214 vs 1,696 in Port Carbon). Pine Grove has the higher median household income ($61,187 vs $58,750 in Port Carbon). Pine Grove has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $104,900 in Port Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
Population	2,214	1,696
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,187	$58,750
Median home value	$124,000	$104,900
Median gross rent	$793	$845
Housing units	1,037	869
Homeownership rate	69.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
Population	2,138 → 2,214 (+3.6%)	1,760 → 1,696 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$55,227 → $61,187 (+10.8%)	$48,333 → $58,750 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $124,000 (-1.7%)	$79,600 → $104,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $793 (+15.3%)	$744 → $845 (+13.6%)

Pine Grove

Population

2,1382,214

Median household income

$55,227$61,187

Median home value

$126,200$124,000

Median gross rent

$688$793

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)

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
Under 5	0.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	19.6%	13.0%
75 and over	11.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
Drove alone	77.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
1-unit, detached	57.7%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Pine Grove	Port Carbon
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938