Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,081, settled in 1929.
Ellport’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living. Only 169 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on cost of living. Ellport’s median age is 48.2 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On history, just 119 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Ellport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Ellport is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,009 in 1930, a peak of 1,458 in 1960, 1,082 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2008 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ellport, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Ellport.
Most working residents leave Ellport for work: only 3% work in town. 5.7% of Ellport residents live below the poverty line, close to Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and below U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Ellwood City (12%), Cranberry Township (7%) and Zelienople (6%).
| Ellport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ellport has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ellport beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 42% of Ellport adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Ellport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Ellport | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| More adults with high blood pressure | 38.2% | 32.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.7% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Ellport since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
88% of households own their home in Ellport.
| Ellport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $853 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ellport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
32 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
32 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
39 mi Theme parkKennywood
33 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
32 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Ellport
About 2 of every 100 Ellport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Ellport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Ellport is a borough in southern Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,081 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The name is a portmanteau of Ellwood City and Portersville, the boroughs that lie to its west and east.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $165,000, 42% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
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