Kouts vs Porter

A side-by-side comparison of Kouts and Porter: population, income, housing, and more.

Kouts and Porter are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Porter has the higher population (5,208 vs 2,261 in Kouts). Kouts has the higher median household income ($75,854 vs $74,155 in Porter). Porter has the higher median home value ($259,700 vs $223,700 in Kouts).

Population, income & housing

	Kouts	Porter
Population	2,261	5,208
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,854	$74,155
Median home value	$223,700	$259,700
Median gross rent	$699	$1,161
Housing units	946	2,106
Homeownership rate	82.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kouts	Porter
Population	2,018 → 2,261 (+12.0%)	4,817 → 5,208 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$66,591 → $75,854 (+13.9%)	$91,667 → $74,155 (-19.1%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $223,700 (+48.0%)	$189,900 → $259,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $699 (-23.9%)	$1,299 → $1,161 (-10.6%)

Kouts

Population

2,0182,261

Median household income

$66,591$75,854

Median home value

$151,100$223,700

Median gross rent

$918$699

Porter

Population

4,8175,208

Median household income

$91,667$74,155

Median home value

$189,900$259,700

Median gross rent

$1,299$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kouts	Porter
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.2%
75 and over	5.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kouts	Porter
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kouts	Porter
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kouts	Porter
Drove alone	94.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kouts	Porter
1-unit, detached	84.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kouts	Porter
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1976	1990