Portage township, New Madrid County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 62.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 3,939 (81% urban, 19% rural)
| Males: 1,848 |  (46.9%) |
| Females: 2,091 |  (53.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,891 (2,370 owner occupied, 1,521 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 39% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Portage township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 83.6%
- Black: 14.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 36.1
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.50
| Portage township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.06
| Portage township: | $35,454 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $331 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,309 (it was $44,000 in 2000)
| : | $73,309 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 63 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 26.0% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 10.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Portageville, Tallapoosa.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Portage township: Pleasant Grove Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Branham Cemetery (1), Crabtree Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Portage Open Bay (A). Display/hide its location on the map
55% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2988
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 172
- South: 727
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
48 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,182
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 94
- 3 or 4: 144
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 157
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,700
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 437 (50 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 361
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- United States or American (28.4%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- German (8.0%)
- English (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- European (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,369 (82%)
- Carpooled: 210 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (2%)
48 people in nursing homes
98.4% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,901- In family households: 3,321 (729 male householders, 352 female householders)
827 spouses, 1,196 children (1,041 natural, 30 adopted, 125 stepchildren), 151 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 3 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 580 (178 male householders (145 living alone)), 309 female householders (277 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 427 2-persons, 287 3-persons, 236 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 422 1-person, 55 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
589 married couples with children.
373 single-parent households (50 men, 323 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |