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Portage township, St. Joseph County, IN

94,458 Population
34.3 square miles 2,752.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Joseph County: 36.8 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$26,486 ±$2,166 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in St. Joseph County: $34,835 ±$2,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$51,395 ±$8,740 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in St. Joseph County: $65,751 ±$2,970
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

25.1% ±4% (21,863  ±3,466) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in St. Joseph County: 13.9% † 36,449 (±1.8% / ±4,660)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

19 minutes ±1.3 (758,800  ±71,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Joseph County: 20.7 2,439,055 (±1 / ±135,821)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.3 72,674,390 (±0.2 / ±875,671)

Families

35,204 ±1,822 Number of households
  • St. Joseph County: 106,607 ±1,789
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.5 ±0.1 (86,656  ±632) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in St. Joseph County: 2.5 261,096 (±0 / ±362)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725

5.1% ±1.8% (1,348  ±478) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in St. Joseph County: 5.2% † 3,382 (±1.4% / ±932)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

42,445 ±1,800 Number of housing units
  • St. Joseph County: 118,907 ±147
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$121,300 ±$7,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in St. Joseph County: $195,000 ±$7,577
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

13.6% ±2.3% (12,620  ±2,103) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph County: 11.5% † 30,944 (±1.5% / ±3,905)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

83.5% ±5.1% (47,992  ±3,400.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 90.3% 160,532 (±3.1% / ±5,610.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
25.4% ±2.8% (14,599  ±1,707.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in St. Joseph County: 32.9% 58,525 (±1.9% / ±3,304.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

8.5% ±1.8% (7,993  ±1,684) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph County: 7.1% 19,434
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652

3.6% ±1% (2,610  ±738) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in St. Joseph County: 5% † 10,365 (±0.5% / ±1,102)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
2,610 Total veterans ±738 2,219 Male ±623 391 Female ±376

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