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Portage township, Mackinac County, MI

815 Population
55.4 square miles 14.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.1 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mackinac County: 53 ±0.8
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,062 ±$12,270 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mackinac County: $37,835 ±$2,262
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,667 ±$22,600 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mackinac County: $63,909 ±$3,854
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±2.9% (67  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mackinac County: 16.1% † 1,730 (±2.1% / ±230)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±6.3 (9,150  ±3,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mackinac County: 24 95,220 (±1.7 / ±8,963)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

428 ±89 Number of households
  • Mackinac County: 5,199 ±186
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.6 (807  ±163) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mackinac County: 2 10,579 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±8.6% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mackinac County: 6.1% † 116 (±2.3% / ±44)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,041 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Mackinac County: 10,597 ±36
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,800 ±$47,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mackinac County: $174,500 ±$13,534
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±7.3% (126  ±64.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mackinac County: 14% † 1,517 (±2.2% / ±242.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±26.1% (715  ±127.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mackinac County: 92.2% 8,005 (±3.9% / ±345.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.7% ±8.9% (216  ±80.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mackinac County: 25% 2,172 (±2.2% / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.9% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mackinac County: 5.9% 651
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2.5% (43  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mackinac County: 8.9% † 827 (±1.2% / ±112)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±21 37 Male ±19 6 Female ±6

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