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Portage township, St. Joseph County, IN

94,707 Population
34.3 square miles 2,759.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Joseph County: 36.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,584 ±$2,375 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in St. Joseph County: $35,069 ±$1,591
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$50,983 ±$4,468 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in St. Joseph County: $63,504 ±$3,426
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.1% ±4.7% (20,950  ±4,137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Joseph County: 15.5% † 40,601 (±2.2% / ±5,751)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±0.9 (744,885  ±66,688) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Joseph County: 21.3 2,491,915 (±0.9 / ±137,213)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.6 74,463,616 (±0.2 / ±752,879)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

35,292 ±1,879 Number of households
  • St. Joseph County: 107,239 ±1,982
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (86,977  ±541) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in St. Joseph County: 2.4 261,960 (±0.1 / ±176)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.1% ±1.4% (737  ±337) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Joseph County: 5.3% † 3,436 (±1.6% / ±1,020)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

41,932 ±1,751 Number of housing units
  • St. Joseph County: 119,016 ±79
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$148,700 ±$9,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in St. Joseph County: $213,200 ±$8,255
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±2.6% (12,339  ±2,403) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph County: 11.3% † 30,468 (±1.6% / ±4,196.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.2% ±5.1% (50,482  ±3,512.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in St. Joseph County: 91.7% 165,325 (±3.5% / ±6,294.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.6% ±2.6% (14,397  ±1,630.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in St. Joseph County: 33.3% 60,138 (±2% / ±3,641.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.2% ±1.8% (7,736  ±1,670) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph County: 7.6% 20,708
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.3% ±0.7% (2,396  ±540) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Joseph County: 4.7% † 9,834 (±0.6% / ±1,248)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,396 Total veterans ±540 2,259 Male ±530 137 Female ±137

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