Middleport, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Middleport, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Borough
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.7303°N -76.0856°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Name2:Schuylkill
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1829
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1859
Government Type:Anarchy
Leader Title:Emperor
Leader Name:Marcus Reed
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.14
Area Total Sq Mi:0.44
Area Land Km2:1.14
Area Land Sq Mi:0.44
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Total:362
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:318.34
Population Density Sq Mi:824.60
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:17953
Area Code:570
Pushpin Label:Middleport
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-49048

Middleport is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 363 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]

The town was named for being the mid-point of the sixteen-mile distance between Pottsville and Tamaqua.

Geography

Middleport is located at 40.7275°N -76.0856°W (40.727464, -76.085565).[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4sqmi, all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 458 people, 196 households, and 121 families living in the borough.

The population density was 1065.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 245 housing units at an average density of 569.9sp=usNaNsp=us.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.56% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.

Of the 196 households 25.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 34.2% of households were one person and 20.9% were one person aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.04.

The age distribution was 22.1% under the age of eighteen, 6.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.4% who were sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females there were 94.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median household income was $30,114 and the median family income was $34,688. Males had a median income of $30,333 compared with that of $18,750 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $13,931.

Roughly 10.3% of families and 9.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 12.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Bureau . US Census . City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021 . Census.gov . US Census Bureau . August 1, 2022.
  3. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.