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Portland, IN

6,341 Population
4.9 square miles 1,301.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jay County: 39.6 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,875 ±$2,610 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jay County: $27,105 ±$1,269
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$45,431 ±$7,636 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jay County: $54,114 ±$4,043
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

16.7% ±4.5% (1,026  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jay County: 13.2% † 2,639 (±2.6% / ±521)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

18.4 minutes ±4.1 (47,515  ±11,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jay County: 22 174,445 (±1.8 / ±16,104)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

2,638 ±232 Number of households
  • Jay County: 7,959 ±206
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.3 (6,141  ±371) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jay County: 2.5 20,019 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

8.6% ±5.1% (119  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jay County: 10.2% † 434 (±2.5% / ±107)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

3,069 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Jay County: 8,908 ±26
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$90,600 ±$7,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jay County: $110,100 ±$5,331
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

17.6% ±6.7% (1,093  ±420.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jay County: 12.4% † 2,483 (±2.9% / ±569)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

83.4% ±4.3% (3,470  ±347.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jay County: 86.9% 11,661 (±4.1% / ±551.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
11.9% ±3% (495  ±131.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jay County: 12.7% † 1,703 (±1.8% / ±242.3)
  • about two-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

1.7% ±1.1% (105  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jay County: 1.2% 247
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

6.9% ±2.4% (326  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jay County: 7.1% † 1,076 (±1.3% / ±189)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
326 Total veterans ±114 319 Male ±112 7 Female ±11

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