What is the population of Porter town?

Porter town has 5,208 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #127 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Porter town?

Median household income in Porter town is $74,155 a year, 5.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Porter town?

Median gross rent is $1,161 a month and the median home value is $259,700, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.

Is Porter town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Porter town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Porter, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Porter, Indiana (Porter, IN — Census place “Porter town”) is 5,208 residents, ranking #127 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $74,155, the median home is worth $259,700 and median gross rent runs $1,161 a month. Looking for the Porter Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Porter, IN: 46304.

Population: 5,208Porter town residents
Median household income: $74,155Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $259,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,161Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.2%Owner-occupied households

Porter ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Porter.

The Porter IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

46304

What the numbers mean in Porter town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Porter town median would spend about 18.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 77.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Porter town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Porter town is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 5,208 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #127 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Porter town earn a median of $74,155 a year, 5.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Porter town is valued at $259,700, 14.4% below the national figure and 78% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,161 a month, 17.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,932 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Porter town?: Porter town has 5,208 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #127 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Porter town?: Median household income in Porter town is $74,155 a year, 5.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Porter town?: Median gross rent is $1,161 a month and the median home value is $259,700, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
Is Porter town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Porter town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Porter town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.