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Portage city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Portage city is a Census city of 38,082 people across 25.63 square miles of land, in Porter County. Median household income is $76,276, 72.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $36.8 m.
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Portage
What Portage is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.63 sq mi
- Water area2.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,486
- County holding the largest share of its areaPorter County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
How many people live in Portage
- Population38,082
- Median age39.8
- Population under 187,936
- Share under 1820.8 percent
- Population 65 and over6,098
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent
- Households14,938
- Family households10,148
- Share of households that are families67.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
Income and work in Portage
- Median household income$76,276
- Per capita income$36,293
- Civilian labor force19,950
- Employed18,468
- Unemployed1,482 plus or minus 643
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over26,808
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
Housing in Portage
- Housing units15,790
- Occupied units14,938
- Vacant units852 plus or minus 298
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied10,887
- Renter occupied4,051
- Ownership rate72.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$224,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,231
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent
- Single family units11,811
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,619
- Share in buildings of two or more16.6 percent
- Mobile homes1,333 plus or minus 295
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
How Portage gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,114
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,683
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,848
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.9 percent
- Drove alone83.5 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home5.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
SBA loans in Portage (7(a))
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$36,766,600
- Average approval$993,692
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,394,900
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported408
- Jobs per approval11.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more35.1 percent
- Share to franchises29.7 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS20
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portage
SBA loans in Portage (504)
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$17,429,000
- Average approval$829,952
- Median approval$478,000
- Largest approval$3,424,000
- Jobs supported153
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Porter County, not Portage
Porter County context, not Portage figures
These are Porter County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Portage measurements.
- Establishments in Porter County3,734
- Employment at those establishments, Porter County55,789
- Covered employment, Porter County63,768
- Average annual pay, Porter County$58,217
- Average weekly wage, Porter County$1,120
- Housing units permitted, Porter County556
- Of those, single family, Porter County556
- County product, 2024, Porter County$9,875,314,000
- County product change over the prior year, Porter County2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Porter County$68,353
Every figure in this section is published for Porter County as a whole and is not a measurement of Portage. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Portage questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Portage, Indiana?
38,082, in 14,938 households. Portage city covers 25.63 square miles of land, which is 1,486 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Portage in?
Porter County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Portage?
$76,276. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $224,200. Median gross rent is $1,231 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Portage businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $36.8 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 21 504 approvals worth $17.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Portage, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Portage borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Portage. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Portage figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Porter County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Portage.
Is zoning published for Portage?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.