Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business	Average Google Rating	Businesses per 1,000 residents
Car parts	28	36.3 years	4.3	0.7
Car repair	45	33.1 years	4.1	1.2
Gas stations	23	30.4 years	3.5	0.6
Beauty salons	26	72 years	4.1	0.7
Hairdressers	25	114.1 years	4.2	0.6
Public administration	38	38.5 years	3.4	1.0
Atm's	28	67.9 years	3.6	0.7
Banks	28	75.3 years	3.6	0.7
Finance other	29	52.5 years	4.3	0.7
Loan companies	37	36.2 years	4.2	1.0
Convenience stores	21	40.1 years	3.5	0.5
General cleaning services	19	20.7 years	4.4	0.5
General contractors	61	32.1 years	4.2	1.6
Landscaping	22	30.4 years	4.5	0.6
Moving companies	26	30 years	4.2	0.7
Other construction	42	63.1 years	4.4	1.1
Real estate	51	30.1 years	3.5	1.3
Construction of buildings	42	62.6 years	3.6	1.1
Freight/commercial transport	36	29.7 years	4.1	0.9
Wholesale of machinery	23	31.5 years	4.0	0.6
Dentists	41	31.4 years	4.2	1.1
Health and medical	345	30.4 years	3.8	8.9
Hospitals	19	25.2 years	4.3	0.5
Physicians and surgeons	126	32.3 years	4.0	3.2
Physiotherapy	20	25.5 years	3.5	0.5
Corporate management	31	29 years	3.3	0.8
Lawyers legal	60	32.6 years	4.2	1.5
Scientific and technical services	33	29.8 years	4.3	0.8
Churches	50	46.7 years	4.6	1.3
American restaurants	21	42.8 years	3.9	0.5
Fast food restaurants	19	51.1 years	3.7	0.5
Electronics stores	27	91.1 years	3.8	0.7
Hardware stores	23	46.4 years	4.2	0.6
Shopping other	30	33.9 years	4.2	0.8

Area of Portage, Indiana	27.61 sq mi
Population	38,875
Male Population	18,784 (48.3%)
Female Population	20,091 (51.7%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+14.2%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+16.5%
Median Age	36
Male Median Age	35
Female Median Age	36.9
Area Codes	219
Neighborhoods	Downtown, Garyton, Portage
Local Time	Thursday 1:40 PM
Timezone	Central Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	41.57587° / -87.17615°
Zip Codes	46368

Portage, Indiana - Map

Portage, Indiana Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	34,036	31,380	33,369	38,875
Population Density	1,232 / mi²	1,136 / mi²	1,208 / mi²	1,407 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Portage, Indiana Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 16.5% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Portage, Indiana	+14.2%	+23.9%	+16.5%
Indiana	+33.4%	+18.8%	+8.8%
United States	+46.9%	+27.2%	+13.7%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Portage, Indiana Median Age

Median Age: 36 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Portage, Indiana	36 years	36.9 years	35 years
Indiana	37 years	38.2 years	35.8 years
United States	37.4 years	38.7 years	36.1 years

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Portage, Indiana Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	1,369	1,341	2,711
5-9	1,475	1,369	2,845
10-14	1,452	1,396	2,848
15-19	1,400	1,355	2,756
20-24	1,133	1,273	2,407
25-29	1,286	1,367	2,654
30-34	1,289	1,416	2,705
35-39	1,323	1,368	2,691
40-44	1,247	1,348	2,596
45-49	1,342	1,448	2,790
50-54	1,362	1,448	2,810
55-59	1,251	1,292	2,543
60-64	968	1,035	2,003
65-69	712	769	1,481
70-74	445	573	1,018
75-79	316	450	767
80-84	231	423	654
85 Plus	184	420	605

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Portage, Indiana Population Density

Population Density: 1,407 / mi²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Portage, Indiana	38,875	27.61 sq mi	1,407 / mi²
Indiana	6.6 million	36,419.7 sq mi	182.5 / mi²
United States	321.6 million	3,796,761.2 sq mi	84.7 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Portage, Indiana Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2100

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods

Business Distribution by neighborhood in Portage, Indiana

Portage: 45.4%

Downtown: 33.6%

Garyton: 10.9%

Other: 10.1%

Business distribution by price for Portage, Indiana

Inexpensive: 50%

Moderate: 46.7%

Expensive: 2.8%

Very Expensive: 0.5%

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Portage, Indiana CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Portage, Indiana	726,225 tn	18.7 tn	26,302 tons/mi²
Indiana	127,126,225 tn	19.1 tn	3,490 tons/mi²
United States	5,664,619,809 tn	17.6 tn	1,491 tons/mi²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Portage, Indiana CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	726,225 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	18.7 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/mi²/year)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Flood

High (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date	Time	Magnitude	Distance	Depth	Location	Link
11/4/13	10:35 AM	3.2	59.5 km	1,000 m	1km NW of Summit, Illinois	usgs.gov
5/26/09	6:42 AM	5.1	77.1 km	None	Illinois	usgs.gov
8/20/04	12:17 PM	4.4	70.1 km	None	Illinois	usgs.gov

Portage, Indiana

Portage /ˈpɔːrtᵻdʒ/ is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 36,828 as of the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Porter County, and third largest in Northwest Indiana. ︎ Portage, Indiana Wikipedia Page

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