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.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Porter telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.06% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Porter has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Porter a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Porter, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.75 minutes every day commuting to work.

The population of Porter overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Porter, 23.21% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Porter in 2018 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.

Porter also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.57%.

The most common language spoken in Porter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.