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Portage charter township, Houghton County, MI

3,205 Population
112 square miles 28.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Houghton County: 32.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,828 ±$3,945 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,893 ±$1,708
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$66,652 ±$14,101 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $58,899 ±$3,371
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

8.6% ±4.4% (268  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 16.5% 5,505 (±1.5% / ±513)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

15.3 minutes ±0.7 (23,230  ±3,227) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Houghton County: 15.6 232,120 (±0.9 / ±15,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

1,311 ±169 Number of households
  • Houghton County: 14,305 ±372
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.4 ±0.3 (3,141  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,306 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

5.4% ±4.9% (43  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 309 (±1% / ±83)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

1,837 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Houghton County: 18,870 ±116
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$204,700 ±$42,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Houghton County: $159,900 ±$7,874
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

21.6% ±8% (690  ±256.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Houghton County: 19.9% 7,441 (±1.8% / ±681)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

96.7% ±6.8% (1,798  ±248.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,713 (±3.3% / ±738.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
37.6% ±6.4% (698  ±144.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houghton County: 37.2% 8,167 (±2.3% / ±512.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

1.6% ±2% (51  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 2,006
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

5.8% ±3.4% (141  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Houghton County: 6.7% † 2,008 (±0.8% / ±228)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
141 Total veterans ±84 116 Male ±64 25 Female ±35

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