Borough · McKean County, Pennsylvania

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania

Port Allegany is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, part of the Bradford, PA metro area. It has 2,356 residents. Port Allegany, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 54 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,171 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #656 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), hot days (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), suicide rate (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

54Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,171 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #656 of 997 in PA
Population: 2,356 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,328.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4262088

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety53#7,385/15,637
Economy17#12,995/15,631
Housing51#7,393/14,977
Health23#12,081/15,609
Healthcare56#6,937/15,650
Environment75#3,878/15,453
Education78#3,369/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,753/15,650
Community77#3,660/15,651
Leisure & amenities71#4,529/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Port Allegany, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “McKean County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high20.2 /10k
98/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMcKean County value
Hot days · low1 days
97/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMcKean County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low102 min
96/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMcKean County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · low11.1×
93/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMcKean County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.9%
92/100Pennsylvania 7.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.0 /1k
2/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMcKean County value
Suicide rate · high25.3 /100k
8/100Pennsylvania 14.2 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMcKean County value
Distance to an emergency room · high12.9 mi
10/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMcKean County value
Adult smoking · high20.3%
12/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMcKean County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
33.9% (2015-2019) → 16.3% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.4% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$50,549 (2015-2019) → $65,595 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.505 (2015-2019) → 0.382 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.9% (2015-2019) → 25.6% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.9% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Inequality−0.1220.505 → 0.382
Child poverty−18 points33.9% → 16.3%
Broadband+10 points82.4% → 92.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.5 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Broadband subscriptions	82.4%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	33.9%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	81%
High school diploma or higher	94.9%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5052015-2019	0.3822020-2024	−0.122	Improved	98%
Median household income	$50,5492015-2019	$65,5952020-2024	+30%	Within the margin of error	55%
Poverty rate	17.6%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.6%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent-burdened households	51.2%2015-2019	53.1%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Port Allegany, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania itself moved +7.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,356 residents (±340)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+10.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,356 residents (±340)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White94%2,205
Black0.1%†2
Hispanic or Latino0.8%†18

Education

1,405 residents (±218)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma8.0%†112
High school or GED34%471
Some college9.8%†138

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

870 households (±122)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k16%†139
$25k–50k27%234
$50k–75k14%†121
$75k–100k18%†154
$100k–150k20%†178
$150k–200k3.1%†27
$200k or more2.0%†17

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−14.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

870 households (±122)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own68%588
Rent32%282

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

254 households (±70)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75041%†105
$750–1,00030%†76
$1,000–1,50029%†

Home values

588 homes (±129)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k66%388
$150k–250k20%†117
$250k–400k13%†76

Age of homes

983 homes (±120)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later1.7%†17
2000–20092.0%†20
1980–199912%†

Size of homes

983 homes (±120)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.8%†28
1 bedroom8.5%†84
2 bedrooms26%251

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

872 workers (±177)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone67%581
Carpool12%†107
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.9%†60
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†95
Other3.3%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−15.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

777 workers (±130)

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min48%370
15–29 min16%†121
30–44 min22%†170

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bradford, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of McKean County, the county holding most of Port Allegany's residents.

McKean County has 933 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Pennsylvania's), with 12,412 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,691. The Census Bureau also counts 2,034 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 933; 2,034 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 12,412
Average annual pay: $45,691; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of McKean County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	70	17.7	0.85×About typical	705	$47,611	91
Restaurants and other eating places	64	16.2	0.88×About typical	784	$14,835	7
Specialty trade contractors	51	12.9	0.83×About typical	305	$59,934	207
Religious organizations	48	12.1	2.19×More than typical	164	$15,439	—
Limited-service restaurants	28	7.1	0.88×About typical	395	$15,643	—
Full-service restaurants	27	6.8	0.89×About typical	349	$13,814	—
Gasoline stations	27	6.8	2.11×More than typical	317	$27,375	—
Truck transportation	26	6.6	1.30×More than typical	155	$63,716	52
Individual and family services	23	5.8	2.08×More than typical	185	$36,492	16
Offices of other health practitioners	23	5.8	0.96×About typical	111	$33,694	50
Banks and credit unions	21	5.3	1.64×More than typical	145	$52,841	—
Building equipment contractors	21	5.3	0.88×About typical	189	$62,847	40

Rank places for an industry Open McKean County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,551 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Port Allegany is mostly in McKean County.

See federal money in McKean County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Glenn ThompsonR-PA-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

McKean County78100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bradford, PA69

Other cities and towns in McKean County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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