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Census Tract 505.06, Porter, IN

6,762 Population
2.2 square miles 3,040.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Portage: 39.8 ±1.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$36,432 ±$4,716 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Portage: $36,293 ±$2,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$84,763 ±$21,814 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Portage: $76,276 ±$4,260
  • a little less than the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

7.4% ±3.8% (478  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Portage: 11.6% † 4,365 (±2.6% / ±974)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

25.8 minutes ±4 (85,310  ±20,761) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Portage: 27.3 467,265 (±0.7 / ±28,398)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

2,391 ±234 Number of households
  • Portage: 14,938 ±506
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.8 ±0.5 (6,584  ±1,279) 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)

5.5% ±5.8% (99  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Portage: 6.9% † 649 (±2.3% / ±222)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

2,543 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Portage: 15,790 ±524
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$239,000 ±$21,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Portage: $224,200 ±$8,313
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

11.1% ±4% (745  ±301.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Portage: 10.9% † 4,107 (±3.1% / ±1,159.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

93.1% ±5.5% (4,002  ±585.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Portage: 90.5% 24,258 (±4.1% / ±1,261.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
21.9% ±5.6% (942  ±273.1) 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

5.9% ±4.1% (401  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Portage: 4.1% † 1,550 (±1% / ±393)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

3.1% ±2.3% (165  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Portage: 5.9% † 1,769 (±1.1% / ±332)
  • about half the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
165 Total veterans ±125 125 Male ±96 40 Female ±64

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