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Portland township, Plymouth County, IA

1,873 Population
37.1 square miles 50.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 41.1 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,036 ±$4,470 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $42,241 ±$2,107
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$62,986 ±$8,311 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plymouth County: $81,600 ±$2,809
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

8.2% ±3.2% (150  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.8% † 1,712 (±1.5% / ±383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

24.6 minutes ±7.4 (19,365  ±4,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Plymouth County: 18.8 230,185 (±0.9 / ±14,019)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

799 ±100 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 10,297 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (1,827  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.5 25,346 (±0 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.8% ±5.3% (26  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.3% † 271 (±1.7% / ±87)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

853 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 10,863 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$152,800 ±$20,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Plymouth County: $218,600 ±$8,699
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

14.7% ±5.2% (271  ±103.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 9.4% † 2,402 (±1.9% / ±473.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.4% ±15.9% (1,221  ±142.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 94.2% 16,440 (±3.8% / ±665.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21% ±4.5% (275  ±67.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 23.9% 4,168 (±2% / ±353.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.4% ±1.4% (26  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 4.3% 1,091
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.2% ±2.6% (129  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.8% † 1,501 (±1% / ±192)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
129 Total veterans ±40 122 Male ±39 7 Female ±7

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