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Population (year 2000): 44,897. Estimated
population in July 2005: 45,277 (+0.8% change)
Males: 21,528 (47.9%), Females: 23,369 (52.1%)
Kalamazoo County
Zip codes:
49002,
49024.
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $49,410 (year 2000)
Median house value: $120,800 (year 2000)
Races in Portage:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.6%)
- Black (3.7%)
- Hispanic (1.9%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (25.8%), English (14.3%),
Irish (12.9%), Dutch (12.0%), Polish (6.3%), United States
(5.4%).
Elevation: 880 feet
Land area: 32.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Portage
- High school or higher: 92.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 13.5%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Portage city
- Never married: 24.3%
- Now married: 58.7%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 9.9%
4.8% Foreign born (1.9% Asia, 1.3% Europe, 0.7%
North America, 0.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +3,804 (+9.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Portage:
- KALAMOZOO REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSP (about 5 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI)
- BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI)
- BRONSON VICKSBURG HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
VICKSBURG, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Portage:
- KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 4 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
- W K KELLOGG (about 25 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID:
BTL)
- ELKHART MUNI (about 45 miles; ELKHART, IN; ID: EKM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Portage:
- TRIPLE H (about 11 miles; PARCHMENT, MI; ID: 2H4)
- PRAIRIE RONDE (about 11 miles; SCHOOLCRAFT, MI; ID:
P97)
- NEWMAN'S (about 13 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: 4N0)
Amtrak station near Portage:
- 6 miles: KALAMAZOO (459 N. BURDICK ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking,
call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus
service.
Colleges/Universities in Portage:
- CHIC UNIVERSITY OF COSMETOLOGY (Full-time
enrollment: 55; Location: 6136 S WESTNEDGE AVE; Private,
for-profit; Website: WWW.CHICUNIVERSITY.COM)
- KALAMAZOO BEAUTY ACADEMY DBA WRIGHT BEAUTY
ACADEMY (FT enrollment: 35; Location: 6666 LOVERS
LN; Private, for-profit)
- KAL-AERO (Location: 5605 PORTAGE RD; Private,
for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Portage:
- WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; Full-time enrollment: 23,132)
- KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
- KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BATTLE
CREEK, MI; FT enrollment: 2,824)
- CALVIN COLLEGE (about 50 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT
enrollment: 4,148)
- AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 51 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,022)
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
- HOPE COLLEGE (about 53 miles; HOLLAND, MI; FT
enrollment: 2,918)
Public high schools in Portage:
- PORTAGE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,499;
Location: 8135 S. WESTNEDGE AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- PORTAGE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,354; Location: 1000 IDAHO AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Portage:
- PORTAGE WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 747;
Location: 7145 MOORSBRIDGE ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PORTAGE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 739;
Location: 8305 S. WESTNEDGE AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- AMBERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 618;
Location: 6637 AMBERLY STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- PORTAGE NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 611;
Location: 5808 OREGON AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MOORSBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 600;
Location: 7361 MOORSBRIDGE ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- LAKE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 537;
Location: 10011 PORTAGE ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 472;
Location: 1401 WOODLAND DRIVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- HAVERHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 452;
Location: 6633 HAVERHILL AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- WAYLEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 440;
Location: 8106 WAYLEE STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- ANGLING ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
434; Location: 5340 ANGLING ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Portage:
- OTIS MONTESSORI ACADEMY (Students: 123;
Location: 810 EAST CENTRE AVENUE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Portage:
- PORTAGE DISTRICT LIBRARY (Operating income:
$2,742,721; Location: 300 LIBRARY LANE; 127,030 books;
5,636 audio materials; 3,172 video materials; 204 serial
subscriptions)
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