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Portage, Indiana Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Portage, Indiana      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  14,331  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 13,635 100.0
1-unit, detached 8,786 61.3   1.00 or less 13,290 97.5
1-unit, attached 372 2.6   1.01 to 1.50 266 2.0
2 units 755 5.3   1.51 or more 79 0.6
3 or 4 units 581 4.1        
5 to 9 units 685 4.8             Specified owner-occupied units 7,899 100.0
10 to 19 units 612 4.3   VALUE
20 or more units 220 1.5   Less than $50,000 64 0.8
Mobile home 2,311 16.1   $50,000 to $99,999 2,903 36.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 9 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 3,677 46.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 846 10.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 283 3.6
1999 to March 2000 326 2.3   $300,000 to $499,999 84 1.1
1995 to 1998 1,219 8.5   $500,000 to $999,999 42 0.5
1990 to 1994 1,356 9.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,873 13.1   Median (dollars) 111,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 4,297 30.0        
1960 to 1969 2,762 19.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,043 14.3        
1939 or earlier 455 3.2   With a mortgage 6,168 78.1
             Less than $300 24 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 249 3.2
1 room 85 0.6        $500 to $699 875 11.1
2 rooms 189 1.3        $700 to $999 2,297 29.1
3 rooms 736 5.1        $1,000 to $1,499 2,150 27.2
4 rooms 3,202 22.3        $1,500 to $1,999 485 6.1
5 rooms 3,592 25.1        $2,000 or more 88 1.1
6 rooms 2,994 20.9        Median (dollars) 947 (x)
7 rooms 1,765 12.3   Not mortgaged 1,731 21.9
8 rooms 969 6.8        Median (dollars) 316 (x)
9 or more rooms 799 5.6        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

13,635 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,936 37.2
1999 to March 2000 2,363 17.3   15 to 19 percent 1,714 21.7
1995 to 1998 3,886 28.5   20 to 24 percent 1,205 15.3
1990 to 1994 2,358 17.3   25 to 29 percent 680 8.6
1980 to 1989 2,222 16.3   30 to 34 percent 353 4.5
1970 to 1979 1,881 13.8   35 percent or more 973 12.3
1969 or earlier 925 6.8   Not computed 38 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,616 100.0
None 571 4.2   GROSS RENT    
1 4,492 32.9   Less than $200 99 2.7
2 5,892 43.2   $200 to $299 87 2.4
3 or more 2,680 19.7   $300 to $499 642 17.8
        $500 to $749 2,005 55.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 506 14.0
Utility Gas 12,138 89.0   $1,000 to $1,499 150 4.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 93 0.7   $1,500 or more 21 0.6
Electricity 1,343 9.8   No cash rent 106 2.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 35 0.3   Median (dollars) 595 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 11 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 7 0.1   Less than 15 percent 811 22.4
No fuel used 8 0.1   15 to 19 percent 701 19.4
        20 to 24 percent 425 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 402 11.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 56 0.4   30 to 34 percent 156 4.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 969 26.8
No telephone service 157 1.2   Not computed 152 4.2


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.