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Portage town, Livingston County, NY

1,016 Population
26.4 square miles 38.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Livingston County: 41.4 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,213 ±$5,021 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Livingston County: $37,479 ±$1,440
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$58,542 ±$18,777 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Livingston County: $72,464 ±$2,969
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

13.5% ±7.9% (131  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Livingston County: 11.6% † 6,606 (±1.3% / ±742)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

37.9 minutes ±2.1 (13,805  ±4,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Livingston County: 24.7 650,730 (±0.9 / ±29,094)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

381 ±84 Number of households
  • Livingston County: 24,329 ±386
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.7 ±0.2 (1,016  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Livingston County: 2.3 56,671 (±0 / ±79)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1% ±2.5% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Livingston County: 5.7% † 792 (±1.5% / ±209)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

418 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Livingston County: 27,198 ±82
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$123,000 ±$34,491 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Livingston County: $169,600 ±$4,796
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.1% ±4.2% (51  ±44.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Livingston County: 12.2% † 7,468 (±1.4% / ±833.9)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.6% ±25.4% (635  ±115) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Livingston County: 92.6% 38,613 (±2.7% / ±1,120.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
15.9% ±6.6% (110  ±51) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Livingston County: 30.6% 12,762 (±1.7% / ±699.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.1% (11  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Livingston County: 3.5% 2,157
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12.1% ±7.8% (88  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Livingston County: 6.9% 3,482 (±0.6% / ±305)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
88 Total veterans ±60 85 Male ±59 3 Female ±4

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