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40.86° N · 80.26° W · GEOID 4223280

Ellport

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania · part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Ellport is home to 1,127 people. Median household income is $74,625 a year and median rent is $853 a month, 13.7% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $165,100, about 2.2x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$853
38% below the median place
Median household income
$74,625
7% below the median place
Median home value
$165,100
48% below the median place
Unemployment
4.2%
15% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Ellport

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 10.4% a year while rent rose 5%, so pay gained on rent more than in 89% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • The median home is worth 2.2 years of the median household's income, fewer than in 91% of places its size.
  • Half the homes were built before 1953, older housing than in 91% of places its size.
  • The median rent takes only 13.7% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 90% of places its size.
  • The median resident is 48.2 years old, older than in 88% of places its size.
01

Moving to Ellport

Lawrence County gains about 2.4 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in2,665
Moved out2,499
Net+166

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Pennsylvania, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within PennsylvaniaOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$51K
Leavers$52K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Lawrence County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.3% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.7% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Lawrence County report $51,400 a year in income on average; those leaving, $51,700.
Income you would need
$34,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $853 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,327 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $165,100.
Getting to work
26 minutes each way on average; 8.6% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Palmerton, PA matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving in8
$51,418
27% below the median place
Income of households moving out8
$51,709
26% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people8
2.4
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.3%8% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.7%14% below
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure2.4above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$51,41827% below
Income of households moving out8County figure$51,70926% below
02

What it costs to live here

Home price to income is 2.2x, 42% below the median place.

Ellport13.7%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$34,120
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
13.7%
33% below the median place
Home price to income
2.2x
42% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
14%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$65,200
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Median year built1
1953
1% below the median place
Homeownership1
88.2%
33% above the median place
Median home value1
$165,100
48% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$85338% below
Rent to income113.7%33% below
Property tax rate11.2%36% above
Home price to income12.2x42% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure94.76% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,09532% below
HUD area median income4County figure$86,90019% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,05037% below
Median home value1$165,10048% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure6.4%102% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure50.0%3% below
Homeownership188.2%33% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure51.0%1% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,32729% below
Vacant homes1County figure8.8%24% above
Median year built119531% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Poverty rate1
5.7%
47% below the median place
Works from home1
8.6%
31% below the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Unemployment4.2% −15%
Income per person$35,847 −11%
Mean commute26 min +5%
Median household income$74,625 −7%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$74,6257% below
Income per person1$35,84711% below
Unemployment14.2%15% below
Average annual pay6County figure$55,19916% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure4.3%16% above
Jobs6County figure27,26982% below
Poverty rate15.7%47% below
Mean commute126 min5% above
Works from home18.6%31% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Median age is 48.2, 24% above the median place.

Median age1
48.2
24% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
86.0%
7% below the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
20.6%
36% below the median place
All 9 people measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,1276646th largest
Population change since 20207-0.4%below (median 1.1%)
Median age148.224% above
Bachelor's or higher120.6%36% below
High school or higher192.2%0% below
Household size12.51% below
Born abroad1County figure1.3%85% below
No health insurance1County figure5.1%20% below
Homes with broadband186.0%7% below
05

Life in Ellport

10 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.3 −12%
Shops29.4 −3%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.3 −20%
Doctors' offices and clinics23.4 +16%
Child care centers2.5 +9%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools12
25
178% above the median place
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9
3.3
20% below the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k9
18.3
12% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure25178% above
Public school students12County figure11,015125% above
Students per teacher12County figure14.09% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure18.312% below
Shops per 10k9County figure29.43% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure3.320% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure23.416% above
Child care centers per 10k9County figure2.59% above
Parks per 10k100.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k100.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k100.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k100.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails100.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi100.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings11County figure1023% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Heat wave risk is 29.4, 67% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Ellport. Larger places are fetched first.

Heat wave risk14
29.4
67% below the median place
Wildfire risk14
27.3
55% below the median place
Natural hazard risk14
66.1
28% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureEllportAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure83°F4% below
January average low13County figure19°F23% below
Average temperature13County figure50°F8% below
Annual precipitation13County figure42.4 in3% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure66.128% below
Hurricane risk14County figure47.333% below
Tornado risk14County figure37.754% below
Wildfire risk14County figure27.355% below
Heat wave risk14County figure29.467% below
Median air quality index15Metro figure5323% above
Good air days15Metro figure43.0%37% below
08

Ellport in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 14% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 14% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$853/mo (2024)$1,090/mo$900 to $1,330/mo+4.2%
Median household income$74,625 (2024)$97,000$82,000 to $115,000+4.5%
Median home value$165,100 (2024)$242,000$175,000 to $333,000+6.5%
Population1,081 (2025)1,0901,040 to 1,130+0.1%

The median home would be worth 2.5 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.2 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Ellport

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Palmerton, PA$931$68,143Compare
Brooklyn, OH$971$69,346Compare
Peru, IL$921$74,808Compare
Eastlake, OH$973$62,072Compare
Eastlake, OHPeru, ILBrooklyn, OHPalmerton, PAEllport, PAEllportPalmertonPeruEllportPalmertonPeru

Common questions

Is Ellport a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 10.4% a year while rent rose 5%, so pay gained on rent more than in 89% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. The median home is worth 2.2 years of the median household's income, fewer than in 91% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 98 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Ellport expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 13.7% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $165,100.

What salary do you need to live in Ellport?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $34,120 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Ellport?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Palmerton, PA, Brooklyn, OH, Peru, IL and Eastlake, OH.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Ellport with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Ellport itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/ellport-pennsylvania

Citytistics. “Ellport, Pennsylvania.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/ellport-pennsylvania/

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