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Portage, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Portage is a Census village of 498 people across 1.49 square miles of land, in Wood County. Median household income is $56,316, 46.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Portage
What Portage is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.49 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land335 plus or minus 116
- County holding the largest share of its areaWood 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
- Population498 plus or minus 173
- Median age44.8 plus or minus 11.1
- Population under 18110 plus or minus 45
- Share under 1822.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over113 plus or minus 82
- Share 65 and over22.7 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Households214 plus or minus 90
- Family households173 plus or minus 87
- Share of households that are families80.8 percent plus or minus 22.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
Income and work in Portage
- Median household income$56,316
- Per capita income$26,912
- Civilian labor force268 plus or minus 145
- Employed193 plus or minus 83
- Unemployed75 plus or minus 79
- Unemployment rate28.0 percent plus or minus 25.3
- Adults 25 and over353 plus or minus 153
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.4 percent plus or minus 50.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.0 percent plus or minus 20.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
Housing in Portage
- Housing units236 plus or minus 90
- Occupied units214 plus or minus 90
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 17
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied100 plus or minus 33
- Renter occupied114 plus or minus 84
- Ownership rate46.7 percent plus or minus 25.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$863
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent
- Single family units222 plus or minus 89
- Share single family94.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 15
- Share in buildings of two or more2.5 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 10
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Portage gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute174 plus or minus 79
- Commuting under 15 minutes58 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.3 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more43 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Drove alone84.9 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport2.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portage
SBA loans in Portage (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$45,000
- Average approval$22,500
- Median approval$22,500
- Largest approval$40,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Portage, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portage
Flood risk in Portage
- NFIP communityVillage of Portage
- NFIP community number390754
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/02/11
The Village of Portage participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 390754 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Wood County, not Portage
Wood County context, not Portage figures
- Establishments in Wood County2,862
- Covered employment, Wood County75,922
- Average annual pay, Wood County$56,557
- Housing units permitted, Wood County491
Every figure in this section is published for Wood County as a whole and is not a measurement of Portage.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Portage questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Portage, Ohio?
498, in 214 households. Portage village covers 1.49 square miles of land, which is 335 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?
Wood 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?
$56,316. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,700. Median gross rent is $863 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?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $45,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $22,500. 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 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Portage in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Portage appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Portage, village of, community 390754, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Portage figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wood 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?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.