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Portage charter township, Houghton County, MI

3,211 Population
112 square miles 28.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±7.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Houghton County: 32.3 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,669 ±$4,279 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,441 ±$1,791
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$67,069 ±$10,110 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $56,573 ±$2,059
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.2% ±4.3% (226  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 15.9% 5,326 (±1.4% / ±461)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

15.4 minutes ±0.7 (21,375  ±3,687) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Houghton County: 15.9 240,940 (±0.8 / ±16,039)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,310 ±194 Number of households
  • Houghton County: 14,251 ±340
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.4 (3,153  ±57) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,388 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.3% ±4.6% (40  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 306 (±1% / ±82)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,848 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Houghton County: 18,781 ±115
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$189,500 ±$22,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Houghton County: $140,300 ±$11,437
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

21.2% ±8% (677  ±254.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Houghton County: 20.5% 7,626 (±2% / ±757.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

97.6% ±5.7% (1,806  ±239.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,568 (±3.5% / ±775.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
41.2% ±7% (763  ±158.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Houghton County: 36.6% 7,964 (±2.5% / ±550.4)
  • about 1.3 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

3% ±3.2% (95  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 1,978
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.3% ±4.4% (201  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Houghton County: 6.8% † 2,020 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
201 Total veterans ±108 171 Male ±84 30 Female ±43

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