Port Matilda’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Port Matilda has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Port Matilda has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Port Matilda than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Port Matilda may be for you.
Port Matilda is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Port Matilda are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.45% of adults in Port Matilda having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Port Matilda in 2022 was $42,523, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,092 for a family of four. However, Port Matilda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Port Matilda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Matilda residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Port Matilda include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Port Matilda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
