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Portage township, Porter County, IN

48,250 Population
35.5 square miles 1,359.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Porter County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$35,139 ±$1,950 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $42,814 ±$1,136
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$73,939 ±$4,443 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Porter County: $85,828 ±$3,114
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

11.6% ±1.8% (5,542  ±874) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 9.2% 15,723 (±0.8% / ±1,346)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

28.3 minutes ±1.6 (588,040  ±44,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 28.3 2,132,110 (±0.7 / ±70,259)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

18,816 ±579 Number of households
  • Porter County: 68,049 ±601
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.6 ±0.1 (47,935  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 2.5 170,628 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

6.9% ±2.3% (814  ±267) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Porter County: 5.3% † 2,096 (±1.2% / ±477)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

20,038 ±572 Number of housing units
  • Porter County: 72,102 ±74
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$200,900 ±$7,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Porter County: $261,900 ±$5,523
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

11.5% ±2.4% (5,481  ±1,162.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 10.7% 18,436 (±1.1% / ±1,820)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

90.7% ±3.6% (30,318  ±1,359.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Porter County: 93.8% 113,744 (±2% / ±2,413.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
16.8% ±1.6% (5,607  ±546.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Porter County: 30.1% 36,473 (±1.2% / ±1,450)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±0.8% (1,450  ±388) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Porter County: 3.6% 6,289
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

7.2% ±1.1% (2,695  ±419) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 6.5% 8,855 (±0.4% / ±558)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
2,695 Total veterans ±419 2,409 Male ±385 286 Female ±130

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