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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Porter, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Porter, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Porter’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Porter does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because 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.

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.

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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Porter, the average commute to work is 34.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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.

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.