Portage township, Potter County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 37.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 223 (all rural)
| Males: 110 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 113 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 223 (189 owner occupied, 34 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Portage township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.3%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
Median age of males: 45.5
Median age of females: 48.1
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Average household size: 2.35
| Portage township: | 2.4 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.71
| Portage township: | $41,119 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $475 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,207 (it was $70,500 in 2000)
| : | $96,207 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Forksville (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fee Run (A), Ensign Run (B), Little Portage Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
81% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 173
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 7
- South: 3
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 191
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 27 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Metal and metal products (29%)
- Construction (13%)
- Personal and laundry services (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (11%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Life and physical scientists (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- German (33.3%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (9.7%)
- Dutch (7.3%)
- Swedish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 53 (62%)
- Carpooled: 23 (27%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (2%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 5 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
96.2% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 193- In family households: 185 (59 male householders, 7 female householders)
54 spouses, 58 children (56 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 32 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8 1-person,
29 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |