Porter city, Yellow Medicine County

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	190
Median Age	40.5
Male Population	48.4
Female Population	51.6
Ethnicity: White	185
Ethnicity: Black or African American	2
Ethnicity: Asian	0
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	0
Total Households	88

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	67.9%
Percent Unemployed[4]	5.1%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	90.6%
Drove alone	81.1%
Carpooled	9.4%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0
Walked	7.5%
Bicycle	0
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0
Worked at home	1.9%
Worked in county of residence	79
Worked outside county of residence	27
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.7 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Households	98
Occupied Housing Units	89.8%
Vacant Housing Units	10.2%
For Rent	60.0%
Rented, not occupied	0
For sale only	10%
Sold, not occupied	0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	0
All other vacants	20.0%
Homeowner vacancy rate	1.4
Rental vacancy rate	24.0

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	7.7%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	2.8%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	43.0%
Some college, no degree	40.1%
Associate’s degree	2.8%
Bachelor’s degree	0
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%
High school graduate or higher	89.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	3.5%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	1,129
Total estimated value	798,900
Estimated value per acre	708

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
1,418	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,430
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
782	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,430

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
4	0	0	0	27	0	73	2	569	756	1,430
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,430

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[10]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	982,517	6,569
Farm Non Homestead	7,750	93
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	1,930,904	19,482
Residential Non Homestead	93,433	1,133
Apartments	103,393	1,524
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	419,056	10,373
Industrial	123,575	2,966
Utilities	29,378	901
Railroads	0	0
Other	0	0
Personal	102,094	3,471
Total	3,792,100	46,512

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over