Port Carbon vs Valley View

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

Port Carbon and Valley View 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 1,473 in Valley View). Valley View has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $58,750 in Port Carbon). Valley View has the higher median home value ($144,100 vs $104,900 in Port Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Port Carbon	Valley View
Population	1,696	1,473
Median age	47.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$71,250
Median home value	$104,900	$144,100
Median gross rent	$845	$1,031
Housing units	869	604
Homeownership rate	79.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Carbon	Valley View
Population	1,760 → 1,696 (-3.6%)	1,572 → 1,473 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $58,750 (+21.6%)	$58,914 → $71,250 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $104,900 (+31.8%)	$111,200 → $144,100 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $845 (+13.6%)	$802 → $1,031 (+28.6%)

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

Valley View

Population

1,5721,473

Median household income

$58,914$71,250

Median home value

$111,200$144,100

Median gross rent

$802$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Carbon	Valley View
Under 5	7.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.0%
75 and over	10.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Carbon	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Carbon	Valley View
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	50.2%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Carbon	Valley View
Drove alone	89.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Carbon	Valley View
1-unit, detached	60.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	25.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Port Carbon	Valley View
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1938	1950