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Porter town, Niagara County, NY

6,483 Population
33.1 square miles 196.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,493 ±$3,551 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $37,898 ±$585
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$76,633 ±$6,199 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $67,809 ±$1,714
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

6.2% ±2.8% (400  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 13% 27,014 (±0.9% / ±1,889)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.9 minutes ±2.8 (78,610  ±10,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Niagara County: 22.3 1,985,035 (±0.5 / ±56,283)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,690 ±168 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,493 ±741
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (6,415  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 207,173 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.1% ±2.8% (37  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Niagara County: 4.7% † 2,115 (±0.7% / ±329)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,958 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,335 ±63
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$220,600 ±$9,345 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $177,400 ±$3,531
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.1% ±2.2% (265  ±141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 8.8% 18,489 (±0.7% / ±1,420.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.8% ±7.8% (4,597  ±417.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 92% 140,269 (±1.6% / ±2,508.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
32% ±4.1% (1,517  ±202.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 27.2% 41,401 (±0.9% / ±1,294.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.2% ±2% (399  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Niagara County: 3.9% 8,284
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.3% ±2.4% (416  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 7.7% 13,066 (±0.5% / ±818)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
416 Total veterans ±123 373 Male ±111 43 Female ±29

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