Porter is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 38,300 people and six associated neighborhoods, Porter is the 96th largest community in Texas. Porter has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Porter, where the median household income is $96,209.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Porter is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Porter is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Porter who work in office and administrative support (13.79%), sales jobs (9.84%), and management occupations (8.56%). Also of interest is that Porter has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Porter has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Porter has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Porter than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Porter may be for you. In Porter, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Porter citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.21% of adults in Porter have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Porter in 2022 was $44,796, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,184 for a family of four. However, Porter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Porter is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Porter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Porter residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Porter also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.77% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Porter include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian. In addition, Porter has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.57%). The most common language spoken in Porter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
