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Porter town, Niagara County, NY

6,510 Population
33.1 square miles 196.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$41,273 ±$3,840 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $36,556 ±$664
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$74,243 ±$4,877 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $65,882 ±$1,757
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

6.9% ±2.4% (448  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 13% 27,046 (±0.9% / ±1,767)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

28.3 minutes ±2.6 (78,265  ±9,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 22.8 2,068,130 (±0.4 / ±47,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

2,756 ±144 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 90,982 ±763
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2.3 ±0.1 (6,453  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 208,233 (±0 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

5.7% ±3% (66  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 5% † 2,227 (±0.8% / ±351)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

3,059 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,182 ±161
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$214,600 ±$9,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Niagara County: $163,100 ±$3,452
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

3.8% ±1.8% (247  ±,114.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 8.5% 17,873 (±0.7% / ±1,534.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

95.7% ±7.4% (4,601  ±,396.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 91.7% 139,891 (±1.6% / ±2,514)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
32.8% ±3.8% (1,579  ±,194.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 27% 41,237 (±0.9% / ±1,297.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

4.7% ±1.5% (304  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 4% 8,374
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

9% ±2.5% (465  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 8% 13,610 (±0.5% / ±830)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
465 Total veterans ±131 403 Male ±109 62 Female ±49

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