Port Carbon vs Tower City

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

Port Carbon and Tower City 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 1,542 in Tower City). Tower City has the higher median household income ($69,750 vs $58,750 in Port Carbon). Tower City has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $104,900 in Port Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Port Carbon	Tower City
Population	1,696	1,542
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$69,750
Median home value	$104,900	$110,700
Median gross rent	$845	$964
Housing units	869	562
Homeownership rate	79.4%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Carbon	Tower City
Population	1,760 → 1,696 (-3.6%)	1,261 → 1,542 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $58,750 (+21.6%)	$54,615 → $69,750 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $104,900 (+31.8%)	$79,200 → $110,700 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $845 (+13.6%)	$738 → $964 (+30.6%)

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

Tower City

Population

1,2611,542

Median household income

$54,615$69,750

Median home value

$79,200$110,700

Median gross rent

$738$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Carbon	Tower City
Under 5	7.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.5%
75 and over	10.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Carbon	Tower City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Carbon	Tower City
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	50.2%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Carbon	Tower City
Drove alone	89.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Carbon	Tower City
1-unit, detached	60.1%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	25.7%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Port Carbon	Tower City
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938