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Portage city, Kalamazoo County, MI

49,259 Population
32.2 square miles 1,528.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 35 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,784 ±$2,565 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $41,530 ±$1,227
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,212 ±$4,451 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $72,532 ±$1,537
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±1.5% (3,486  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 12.7% 32,277 (±0.8% / ±1,919)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±0.9 (437,170  ±26,584) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 20.7 2,356,585 (±0.4 / ±61,672)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,844 ±556 Number of households
  • Kalamazoo County: 107,110 ±708
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (48,987  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kalamazoo County: 2.4 254,521 (±0 / ±150)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±1.9% (541  ±217) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 4.5% † 3,038 (±0.9% / ±573)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,881 ±571 Number of housing units
  • Kalamazoo County: 114,908 ±116
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$262,300 ±$9,554 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $241,800 ±$3,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2% (6,408  ±962.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 14.3% 37,200 (±0.9% / ±2,414.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±3.7% (33,125  ±1,470.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalamazoo County: 94.7% 158,304 (±1.7% / ±2,891.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.9% ±2.6% (16,410  ±957.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 41.3% 68,997 (±1.1% / ±1,838.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.9% ±1.1% (2,885  ±521) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.8% 15,204
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.1% (2,519  ±419) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.7% 11,723 (±0.4% / ±801)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,519 Total veterans ±419 2,336 Male ±406 183 Female ±110

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