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Port Matilda, PA
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Port Matilda profile


Living in Port Matilda


Port Matilda is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 584 people and three associated neighborhoods, Port Matilda is the 955th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Port Matilda was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Also of interest is that Port Matilda has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.01% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Port Matilda’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Being a small borough, Port Matilda does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Port Matilda is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.50% of adults in Port Matilda have a college degree.

The per capita income in Port Matilda in 2022 was $40,632, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,528 for a family of four. However, Port Matilda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Port Matilda is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. 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, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Port Matilda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.