| Official Name: | Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Schuylkill County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Schuylkill |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1774 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1840 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 46.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 46.58 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 17.99 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 17.98 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2157 |
| Population Density Km2: | 45.06 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 116.71 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 2157 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-107-62200 |
Porter Township is a township that is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,157 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.1 square miles (46.9 km2), of which 18.1 square miles (46.9 km2) is land and 0.06% is water.
At the time of the 2000 census, there were 2,032 people, 851 households, and 622 families living in the township.
The population density was 112.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 921 housing units at an average density of 50.9sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the township was 99.61% White, 0.15% Asian, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44%.[3]
Of the 851 households that were documented by the census, 26.3% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 23.6% of households were one-person households and 14.6% were one-person households with residents who were aged sixty-five or older.
The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.78.
The age distribution was 21.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.3% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 25.5% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.5% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years.
For every one hundred females, there were 99.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.1 males.
The median household income was $36,957 and the median family income was $43,684. Males had a median income of $31,418 compared with that of $21,705 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $18,373.
Approximately 4.2% of families and 5.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 9.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.