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Population (year 2000): 579. Estimated
population in July 2005: 573 (-1.0% change)
Males: 287 (49.6%), Females: 292 (50.4%)
Northampton County
Zip code:
18351
Median resident age: 38.9 years
Median household income: $36,827 (year 2000)
Median house value: $126,800 (year 2000)
Races in Portland:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.3%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (22.6%), English (14.3%),
Irish (11.1%), Italian (10.9%), Polish (6.0%), Danish (4.7%).
Elevation: 299 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Portland
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Portland borough
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 55.2%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 12.3%
7.1% Foreign born (6.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +62 (+12.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Portland:
- POCONO MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; EAST
STROUDSBURG, PA)
- WARREN HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; PHILLIPSBURG, NJ)
- EASTON HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; EASTON, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Portland:
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 30 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 50 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 52 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Portland:
- BLAIRSTOWN (about 9 miles; BLAIRSTOWN, NJ; ID: 1N7)
- STROUDSBURG-POCONO (about 9 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG,
PA; ID: N53)
- BRADEN AIRPARK (about 16 miles; EASTON, PA; ID: N43)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Portland:
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
10 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment:
4,985)
- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 19 miles; EASTON, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,218)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25
miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
- COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS (about 37 miles; RANDOLPH,
NJ; FT enrollment: 5,202)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 37 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
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