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Portland town, Chautauqua County, NY

4,001 Population
34 square miles 117.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,758 ±$3,635 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $31,951 ±$817
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$68,068 ±$12,060 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chautauqua County: $56,507 ±$1,981
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18.1% ±7.6% (626  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 17% 20,703 (±1.2% / ±1,460)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

20.5 minutes ±2.4 (26,985  ±4,817) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chautauqua County: 19.3 951,755 (±0.6 / ±39,533)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,363 ±117 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 53,602 ±620
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.2 (3,440  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.3 121,364 (±0 / ±69)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

11.8% ±7.2% (75  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Chautauqua County: 5.8% † 1,521 (±1% / ±257)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,813 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 66,328 ±146
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$131,300 ±$11,448 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chautauqua County: $119,300 ±$2,896
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

18.9% ±5% (743  ±198.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Chautauqua County: 10.4% 13,039 (±0.9% / ±1,120.1)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

83.7% ±7% (2,321  ±241.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 90% 79,651 (±1.9% / ±1,723.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
25.6% ±5.6% (710  ±161.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chautauqua County: 25.1% 22,218 (±1.1% / ±981.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

2.8% ±1.6% (112  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 2.4% 3,004
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.5% ±2% (237  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Chautauqua County: 7.6% 7,594 (±0.5% / ±517)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
237 Total veterans ±65 225 Male ±60 12 Female ±14

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