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Portage, MI

49,015 Population
32.3 square miles 1,517.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,616 ±$2,033 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $39,915 ±$1,067
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$79,529 ±$3,390 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $70,525 ±$1,367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.5% ±1.6% (3,663  ±791) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 13.3% 33,669 (±0.8% / ±2,131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

19.5 minutes ±0.9 (440,760  ±27,422) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 20.3 2,336,145 (±0.3 / ±53,616)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

20,540 ±540 Number of households
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 106,251 ±764
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (48,793  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 2.4 253,691 (±0 / ±154)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.9% ±1.7% (562  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,281 (±0.8% / ±529)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

21,701 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 114,463 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$243,400 ±$8,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $227,500 ±$3,058
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.3% ±1.9% (7,399  ±918.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 15.2% 39,189 (±0.9% / ±2,255.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.8% ±3.7% (32,208  ±1,424.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 94.3% 156,631 (±1.7% / ±2,889)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
48.4% ±2.7% (16,113  ±979.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 40.8% 67,819 (±1.2% / ±1,926)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

6.2% ±1.3% (3,021  ±622) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.8% 15,262
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.6% ±1% (2,521  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.9% 11,994 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
2,521 Total veterans ±396 2,324 Male ±406 197 Female ±107

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