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Portage township, Ottawa County, OH

1,541 Population
9 square miles 171.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 50.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,445 ±$9,205 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ottawa County: $49,306 † ±$6,471
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,325 ±$28,587 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $76,101 ±$3,220
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±11.8% (184  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ottawa County: 8.4% † 3,319 (±1.4% / ±532)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42.2 minutes ±29.8 (28,690  ±22,981) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Ottawa County: 24.8 423,800 (±1.7 / ±33,717)
  • nearly double the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

727 ±157 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 18,504 ±406
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,541  ±344) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ottawa County: 2.1 39,420 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,093 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 28,911 ±42
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,800 ±$197,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ottawa County: $219,900 ±$7,998
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±5.9% (123  ±95.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.8% † 3,497 (±1.7% / ±683.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±3.9% (1,153  ±269.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 94.4% 28,772 (±3.2% / ±986.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.5% ±12.3% (422  ±175.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 29.5% 8,995 (±1.6% / ±494.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about the same as 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

0.3% ±0.7% (4  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 0.8% 327
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±2.5% (127  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 7.9% † 2,589 (±0.9% / ±311)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
127 Total veterans ±43 127 Male ±43 N/A Female ±13

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