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Portage township, Wood County, OH

1,776 Population
36.5 square miles 48.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wood County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,573 ±$5,042 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $42,918 ±$1,294
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,256 ±$12,373 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wood County: $74,216 ±$2,456
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±5% (139  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 12.2% 15,401 (±1% / ±1,203)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±1.9 (16,075  ±4,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wood County: 20.6 1,214,960 (±0.5 / ±42,395)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

688 ±121 Number of households
  • Wood County: 54,257 ±481
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (1,776  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wood County: 2.3 126,271 (±0 / ±174)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±8.5% (35  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wood County: 4.6% † 1,506 (±0.8% / ±275)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

726 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 57,649 ±113
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,500 ±$32,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wood County: $227,600 ±$4,674
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±7.9% (191  ±143) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 16.5% 21,553 (±1.2% / ±1,574.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±24.3% (1,068  ±189.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 95% 79,765 (±2.3% / ±1,899.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.5% ±7.9% (271  ±105.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 36.5% 30,662 (±1.4% / ±1,191)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.3% ±0.3% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wood County: 3.8% 4,964
  • 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

2.2% ±1.7% (30  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wood County: 5.7% 5,955 (±0.4% / ±422)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±24 30 Male ±24 N/A Female ±13

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