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Portage Lakes, OH

5,913 Population
4 square miles 1,493.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 41 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,750 ±$8,192 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $42,464 ±$752
  • 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
$64,375 ±$8,580 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $72,371 ±$1,076
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±5.2% (702  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 12.6% 85,884 (±0.6% / ±3,970)
  • 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)

21.3 minutes ±2.2 (62,145  ±11,654) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 23.5 6,914,520 (±0.3 / ±120,499)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,159 ±268 Number of households
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 296,516 ±1,389
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (5,869  ±411) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 2.3 683,869 (±0 / ±368)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

3,323 ±275 Number of housing units
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 319,249 ±197
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,000 ±$17,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $213,000 ±$2,443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±6.2% (676  ±368.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 11.6% 80,220 (±0.5% / ±3,247.3)
  • a little less than 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

95.4% ±9.9% (4,817  ±663) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 92.8% 456,642 (±1% / ±5,072.9)
  • a little higher than 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)
32.6% ±7.9% (1,645  ±426.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 35.1% 172,473 (±0.6% / ±2,993.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.3% ±2.3% (196  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 5.5% 38,209
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.8% (385  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 6.1% 34,110 (±0.2% / ±1,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
385 Total veterans ±152 374 Male ±147 11 Female ±17

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