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Portage Public Schools, MI

56,945 Population
40.1 square miles 1,418.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,257 ±$2,073 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $39,915 ±$1,067
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$88,728 ±$8,119 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $70,525 ±$1,367
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.3% ±1.4% (4,126  ±777) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kalamazoo County: 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)

19.8 minutes ±0.7 (500,670  ±28,998) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kalamazoo County: 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

22,878 ±619 Number of households
  • Kalamazoo County: 106,251 ±764
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.1 (56,733  ±829) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 2.4 253,691 (±0 / ±154)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.6% ±1.4% (603  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 4.9% † 3,281 (±0.8% / ±529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

24,038 ±584 Number of housing units
  • Kalamazoo County: 114,463 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$264,800 ±$7,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $227,500 ±$3,058
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

13.7% ±1.6% (7,746  ±923) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 15.2% 39,189 (±0.9% / ±2,255.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

97.1% ±3.2% (37,524  ±1,544.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 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)
51.6% ±2.5% (19,938  ±1,095) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 40.8% 67,819 (±1.2% / ±1,926)
  • more than 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

8% ±1.2% (4,543  ±711) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.8% 15,262
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.9% ±0.9% (2,587  ±391) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.9% 11,994 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
2,587 Total veterans ±391 2,366 Male ±399 221 Female ±110

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