Official Name: | Port Clinton, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Port Clinton |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Port Clinton in Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Schuylkill |
Government Type: | Borough Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1829 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1850 |
Named For: | DeWitt Clinton |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.99 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.97 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.77 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.76 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 278 |
Population Density Km2: | 140.94 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 364.83 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code: | 19549 |
Area Code: | 610 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-62136 |
Port Clinton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is located at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill rivers, it was a port on the Schuylkill Canal and named after DeWitt Clinton.[3]
As of the 2000 census, there were 288 people, 132 households, and 81 families residing in the borough. The population density was 577.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 139 housing units at an average density of 278.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.26% White, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.78% of the population.
There were 132 households, out of which 19.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.80.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 16.7% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $28,333, and the median income for a family was $36,071. Males had a median income of $30,795 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,395. About 3.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 2.0% of those 65 or over.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5sqmi, all land.
The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad has its headquarters in Port Clinton.[4]
The Appalachian Trail passes through Port Clinton as it crosses the Schuylkill River, along Blue Mountain.[3]