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Census Tract 504.09, Porter, IN

4,509 Population
2.9 square miles 1,561.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Portage: 39.8 ±1.7
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$34,274 ±$6,446 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Portage: $36,293 ±$2,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$90,774 ±$15,967 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Portage: $76,276 ±$4,260
  • a little higher than the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

12.5% ±6.8% (560  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Portage: 11.6% † 4,365 (±2.6% / ±974)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

29.6 minutes ±3.6 (50,880  ±11,324) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage: 27.3 467,265 (±0.7 / ±28,398)
  • a little higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

1,645 ±254 Number of households
  • Portage: 14,938 ±506
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.7 ±0.5 (4,509  ±1,045) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage: 2.5 37,767 (±0.1 / ±104)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

7.8% ±7.8% (75  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Portage: 6.9% † 649 (±2.3% / ±222)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

1,735 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Portage: 15,790 ±524
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$289,800 ±$23,079 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Portage: $224,200 ±$8,313
  • a little higher than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

13.1% ±15.2% (577  ±681.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Portage: 10.9% † 4,107 (±3.1% / ±1,159.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

91% ±24.7% (2,870  ±500.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Portage: 90.5% 24,258 (±4.1% / ±1,261.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
21.8% ±6.1% (687  ±238.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Portage: 18.4% † 4,939 (±2.1% / ±586.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Porter County: 31.1% 38,024 (±1.2% / ±1,461.2)

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

1% ±0.9% (44  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Portage: 4.1% † 1,550 (±1% / ±393)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

6.7% ±3.6% (232  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Portage: 5.9% † 1,769 (±1.1% / ±332)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
232 Total veterans ±132 178 Male ±86 54 Female ±63

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