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Porter town, Niagara County, NY

6,474 Population
33.1 square miles 195.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 43.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,591 ±$3,525 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $38,904 ±$815
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$77,931 ±$8,286 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $69,633 ±$2,124
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

7% ±2.9% (452  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 13.5% 28,014 (±1% / ±2,039)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

27.7 minutes ±2.4 (74,700  ±9,485) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 22.5 1,968,680 (±0.4 / ±53,139)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

2,778 ±184 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,884 ±707
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.3 ±0.2 (6,390  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Niagara County: 2.2 206,131 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.3% ±2.8% (55  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Niagara County: 4.6% † 2,056 (±0.8% / ±342)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,968 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,446 ±96
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$226,300 ±$17,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $189,800 ±$4,741
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

4.2% ±2% (267  ±128.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Niagara County: 9.2% 19,249 (±0.8% / ±1,566.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

97.6% ±7.9% (4,668  ±431.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 92.1% 140,345 (±1.7% / ±2,606.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
34.1% ±4.5% (1,631  ±228.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 28% 42,605 (±1% / ±1,488.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

5.1% ±2.1% (331  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 4.4% 9,339
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

7.7% ±2.5% (387  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 7.4% 12,450 (±0.5% / ±910)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
387 Total veterans ±127 354 Male ±121 33 Female ±30

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