Pennsylvania · Census place 4262048

Portage, Pennsylvania

Portage is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,381 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 387th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,381
#387 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-72 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
3,608 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Portage. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Portage population, 2020 to 2024

Portage lost 72 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

2,45320202,43420212,41420222,39620232,3812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,458. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Portage covers 0.66 square miles of land, for 3,608 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Portage is close to the typical town.

What county Portage is in

All of Portage's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Portage holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Portage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Portage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15946. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Portage is

The Census internal point of Portage is at 40.386900, -78.674700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 94.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ebensburg, PA (3,278 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 68.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.386900, -78.674700
DMS
40°23'12.84"N 78°40'28.92"W
UTM
17N 697370.9E 4473296.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G398PG+Q4

Daylight in Portage

At 40.39° N, Portage gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Portage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Cresson, 7.0 miles away, with 1,480 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Portage, PA?

2,381 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 72 (2.9%) from 2,453 in July 2020.

What county is Portage in?

Cambria County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Portage?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15946.

How far is Portage from Harrisburg?

94.7 miles (152.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Portage.

What is the nearest larger city to Portage?

Ebensburg, PA, with 3,278 residents, 7.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.