Porter vs Valparaiso

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

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

Valparaiso has the higher population (34,377 vs 5,208 in Porter). Porter has the higher median household income ($74,155 vs $67,664 in Valparaiso). Porter has the higher median home value ($259,700 vs $250,500 in Valparaiso).

Population, income & housing

	Porter	Valparaiso
Population	5,208	34,377
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,155	$67,664
Median home value	$259,700	$250,500
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,142
Housing units	2,106	15,238
Homeownership rate	77.2%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porter	Valparaiso
Population	4,817 → 5,208 (+8.1%)	33,355 → 34,377 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$91,667 → $74,155 (-19.1%)	$59,533 → $67,664 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $259,700 (+36.8%)	$185,800 → $250,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,161 (-10.6%)	$925 → $1,142 (+23.5%)

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

Valparaiso

Population

33,35534,377

Median household income

$59,533$67,664

Median home value

$185,800$250,500

Median gross rent

$925$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Porter	Valparaiso
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porter	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porter	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porter	Valparaiso
Drove alone	78.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porter	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	77.2%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	20.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Porter	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1990	1979