Portage, PA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+3.2 |
| 2012 | R+17.0 |
| 2016 | R+39.9 |
| 2020 | R+42.8 |
| 2024 | R+44.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,495 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+44.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $45,556 |
| County | Cambria County |
| State | PA |
Place narrative
Portage sits in the Allegheny highlands of Cambria County, a region that shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades as its industrial and mining economy contracted. With fewer than 2,500 residents, precinct-level swings here can move measurably in close countywide races.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −44.0% | 306 | 797 | 12 | 1,115 |
| 2020 | R | −42.8% | 306 | 774 | 14 | 1,094 |
| 2016 | R | −39.9% | 273 | 657 | 33 | 963 |
| 2012 | R | −17.0% | 433 | 615 | 20 | 1,068 |
| 2008 | D | +3.2% | 487 | 456 | 35 | 978 |
| 2004† | D | +0.7% | 487 | 480 | 0 | 967 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 97.2% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $45,556 |
| Poverty rate | 23.2% |
| Median age | 44.3 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.7% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 20.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.4% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Cambria County county page and the PA state page.