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Portage, IN (Indiana) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $208,519 (it was $100,000 in 2000)
Portage:

$208,519
Indiana:

$208,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $150,553 - $265,383

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $230,440
Here:

$230,440
State:

$257,916

Townhouses or other attached units: $205,909
Here:

$205,909
State:

$224,114

In 2-unit structures: $241,133
Here:

$241,133
State:

$175,375

Mobile homes: $45,256
Here:

$45,256
State:

$67,116

Total population: 36,760 (Urban population: 33,075, Rural population: 473 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 15,949 (15,235 occupied: 11,282 owner occupied, 4,189 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

27%
State:

29%

Housing density: 627 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $235,759.

Median contract rent in 2022: $865 (lower quartile is $693, upper quartile is $1,203)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $445


Median gross rent in Portage, IN in 2022: $1,065

Housing units in Portage with a mortgage: 7,569 (437 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 315 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 94

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $88,625

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $61,981

Median monthly housing costs: $1,089

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Portage, Indiana Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1977

Median year apartment built: 1983

Household type by relationship:

Households: 38,049
  • Male householders: 7,595 (2,068 living alone), Female householders: 7,521 (2,234 living alone)
  • 6,836 spouses (6,789 opposite-sex spouses), 1,025 unmarried partners, (944 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 10,781 children (9,826 natural, 148 adopted, 806 stepchildren), 1,493 grandchildren, 283 brothers or sisters, 494 parents, 0 foster children, 726 other relatives, 1,002 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 289

Size of family households: 4,269 2-persons, 2,162 3-persons, 2,062 4-persons, 812 5-persons, 483 6-persons, 322 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,795 1-person, 452 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 13 4-persons.

4,419 married couples with children.
2,572 single-parent households (794 men, 1,778 women).

89.8% of residents of Portage speak English at home.
8.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,105 (2.9%)
(49.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.3
State:

6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

4.3

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portage, Indiana
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portage, Indiana
  • 9no bedroom
  • 591 bedroom
  • 1,4872 bedrooms
  • 6,6603 bedrooms
  • 2,5324 bedrooms
  • 5355+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage, Indiana
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage, Indiana
  • 160no bedroom
  • 8091 bedroom
  • 2,0072 bedrooms
  • 9983 bedrooms
  • 1394 bedrooms
  • 765+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Portage in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Portage in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 236no vehicle
  • 2,8341 vehicle
  • 4,9572 vehicles
  • 2,3393 vehicles
  • 5744 vehicles
  • 3425+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Portage in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Portage in renter-occupied apartments
  • 351no vehicle
  • 2,1911 vehicle
  • 1,4412 vehicles
  • 1283 vehicles
  • 474 vehicles
  • 325+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portage, Indiana
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portage, Indiana
  • 91 room
  • 182 rooms
  • 1073 rooms
  • 8804 rooms
  • 2,4115 rooms
  • 3,1166 rooms
  • 2,0257 rooms
  • 1,0818 rooms
  • 1,6359+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage, Indiana
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage, Indiana
  • 1601 room
  • 642 rooms
  • 8013 rooms
  • 1,2884 rooms
  • 6845 rooms
  • 7036 rooms
  • 1197 rooms
  • 2328 rooms
  • 1399+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Portage, IN
Portage city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Portage, IN household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Portage, IN in 2022
  • 782Less than $10,000
  • 1,090$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,014$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,750$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,184$40,000 to $49,999
  • 778$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,614$60,000 to $74,999
  • 2,878$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,985$100,000 to $124,999
  • 900$125,000 to $149,999
  • 923$150,000 to $199,999
  • 705$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Portage, IN

  • Distribution of house value in Portage, IN in 2022
  • 584Less than $10,000
  • 139$10,000 to $14,999
  • 127$15,000 to $19,999
  • 182$20,000 to $24,999
  • 47$25,000 to $29,999
  • 109$30,000 to $34,999
  • 55$35,000 to $39,999
  • 24$40,000 to $49,999
  • 169$50,000 to $59,999
  • 35$60,000 to $69,999
  • 22$70,000 to $79,999
  • 10$80,000 to $89,999
  • 139$90,000 to $99,999
  • 1,037$100,000 to $124,999
  • 494$125,000 to $149,999
  • 830$150,000 to $174,999
  • 931$175,000 to $199,999
  • 2,321$200,000 to $249,999
  • 1,662$250,000 to $299,999
  • 1,169$300,000 to $399,999
  • 184$400,000 to $499,999
  • 193$500,000 to $749,999
  • 8$750,000 to $999,999
  • 46$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 42$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 64$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Portage, IN

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Portage, IN in 2022
  • 20Less than $100
  • 73$200 to $249
  • 7$300 to $349
  • 92$400 to $449
  • 108$450 to $499
  • 103$500 to $549
  • 70$550 to $599
  • 153$600 to $649
  • 123$650 to $699
  • 278$700 to $749
  • 279$750 to $799
  • 617$800 to $899
  • 430$900 to $999
  • 583$1,000 to $1,249
  • 526$1,250 to $1,499
  • 170$1,500 to $1,999
  • 29$2,000 to $2,499
  • 419No cash rent
Work and jobs in Portage: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 47.2%
Number of people working at home: 647 (3.6% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 254
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,470
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 2,485
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 2,313
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 2,019
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1,092
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 3,623
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 629
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 736
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,344
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 719
  • 90 or more minutes: 581
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Portage

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 12,073 (82.6%)
  • Carpooled: 1,213 (8.3%)
  • Bus: 4 (0.0%)
  • Long-distance train or commuter rail: 8 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 224 (1.5%)
  • Bicycle: 27 (0.2%)
  • Walked: 174 (1.2%)
  • Worked at home: 647 (4.4%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 8.8%Males
  • 5.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 0.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 5.5%Males
  • 1.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 3.2%Males
  • 0.4%Females
Races in Portage detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Portage, Indiana
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Portage, Indiana
  • 2892010 or later
  • 1512000 to 2009
  • 1961990 to 1999
  • 931980 to 1989
  • 1251970 to 1979
  • 499Before 1970
Ancestries in Portage, IN

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 1,798 (11.1%)
  • English: 1,103 (6.8%)
  • German: 990 (6.1%)
  • American: 804 (5.0%)
  • Scottish: 591 (3.7%)
  • Polish: 563 (3.5%)
  • Serbian: 463 (2.9%)
  • Italian: 443 (2.7%)
  • Swedish: 191 (1.2%)
  • Dutch: 110 (0.7%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 103 (0.6%)
  • European: 100 (0.6%)
  • Eastern European: 95 (0.6%)
  • African: 94 (0.6%)
  • Croatian: 82 (0.5%)
  • Czech: 67 (0.4%)
  • Hungarian: 66 (0.4%)
  • Swiss: 43 (0.3%)
  • Canadian: 42 (0.3%)
  • French Canadian: 31 (0.2%)
  • Greek: 27 (0.2%)
  • Finnish: 25 (0.2%)
  • Slovak: 25 (0.2%)
  • Nigerian: 23 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 22 (0.1%)
  • Romanian: 21 (0.1%)
  • Macedonian: 19 (0.1%)
  • French: 13 (0.08%)
  • Ukrainian: 13 (0.08%)
  • Lebanese: 10 (0.06%)
  • Welsh: 10 (0.06%)
  • Northern European: 8 (0.05%)
  • Norwegian: 8 (0.05%)
  • Portuguese: 8 (0.05%)
  • Yugoslavian: 8 (0.05%)
  • Palestinian: 3 (0.02%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Portage:

53.2% (699)
Indiana:

27.0% (101,996)

Other Eastern Europe
Portage:

15.2% (199)
Indiana:

0.3% (1,096)

Canada
Portage:

3.2% (42)
Indiana:

2.1% (7,834)

India
Portage:

2.9% (38)
Indiana:

8.5% (32,127)

Philippines
Portage:

2.3% (30)
Indiana:

3.1% (11,851)

Panama
Portage:

2.1% (28)
Indiana:

0.3% (977)

Jamaica
Portage:

1.9% (25)
Indiana:

0.5% (1,808)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 26,932
  • Other state: 9,680
  • Northeast: 623
  • Midwest: 5,864
  • South: 2,011
  • West: 1,045

87.7% of Portage residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.5% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83.5% lived in Indiana.


Portage:

87.7%
State average:

87.1%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 179
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 20
  • 9th grade: 249
  • 10th grade: 234
  • 11th grade: 201
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 285
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,751
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,555
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,918
  • Associate degree: 720
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,144
  • Master's degree: 366
  • Professional school degree: 47
  • Doctorate degree: 27
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 507
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 47
  • 9th grade: 53
  • 10th grade: 57
  • 11th grade: 366
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 327
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,342
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,198
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,170
  • Associate degree: 1,293
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,881
  • Master's degree: 592
  • Professional school degree: 43
  • Doctorate degree: 58
Educational Attainment for Females
Portage marital status for males
Portage marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 11,209
  • One, attached: 383
  • Two: 617
  • 3 or 4: 510
  • 5 to 9: 818
  • 10 to 19: 501
  • 20 to 49: 230
  • 50 or more: 189
  • Mobile homes: 1,468
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21

Median worth of mobile homes: $12,761

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.7%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.7%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Portage
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Portage, IN
  • 93.5%Utility gas
  • 5.9%Electricity
  • 0.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Portage, IN
  • 67.4%Utility gas
  • 26.9%Electricity
  • 2.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.1%Solar energy
  • 1.2%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
Here:

2.0%
Indiana:

14.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 228
Here:

13.0%
Indiana:

11.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 85
Here:

8.2%
Indiana:

22.3%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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