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Notable location: Oakland Hills Golf Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Shopping Center: Southgate Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Portage include: Prairie Edge Church (A), Mapleview Church (B), Lake Center Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Portage South Cemetery (1), Indian Fields Cemetery (2), Dry Prairie Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Austin Lake (A), Sugarloaf Lake (B), Upjohn Pond (C), West Lake (D), Gourdneck Lake (E), Hampton Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Portage include: Allen Field (1), Gourdneck State Game Area (2), South Westnedge Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 6151 Portage Road) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Hotels: Airport Inn (2333 Helen Avenue) (1), Country Inn-Suites Kalamazoo (1912 East Kilgore Road) (2), Country Inn & Suites by Carlson (1912 East Kilgore Road) (3). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Kalamazoo County - Courts- District Court- South Location- Judge Kropf (7810 Shaver) (1), Reeves Court Services (912 East Osterhout) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Portage and their reported violations in the past:
S. PORTAGE LITTLE LEAGUE #1 (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
S. PORTAGE LITTLE LEAGUE #2 (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
SCHRIER PARK (Population served: 40, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
MUNCHIE MARTS (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-28-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-1998 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-14-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
MOORS GOLF COURSE 14TH GREEN (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Portage that have no violations reported:
- WEST PORTAGE LITTLE LEAGUE (Population served: 60, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  4.8% | | Whole state: |  10.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 2.0% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
Portage compared to Michigan state average:
- Median household income above state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
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Banks with most branches in Portage (2007 data):
- Fifth Third Bank: Woodbridge Branch, South Westnedge At Crossroads Branch, West Lake Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $48,441.3 mil, Deposits: $39,126.0 mil, headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 751 total offices, Holding Company: Fifth Third Bancorp
- National City Bank: Lake Center Branch, Portage Branch, Woodbridge Hills Branch. Info updated 2006-09-27: Bank assets: $134,344.8 mil, Deposits: $86,955.0 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1347 total offices, Holding Company: National City Corporation
- Comerica Bank: Southland Plaza Branch at 6150 South Westnedge Avenue, branch established on 1959-09-21; Portage Branch at 7941 South Westnedge Avenue, branch established on 1953-12-07. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $58,543.3 mil, Deposits: $45,884.0 mil, headquarters in Detroit, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 390 total offices, Holding Company: Comerica Incorporated
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: West Centre Oakland Branch at 2109 West Centre Road, branch established on 1980-06-09; Portage Shaver Meijer Banking Ctr. B at 8850 Shaver Road, branch established on 2006-10-03. Info updated 2006-12-27: Bank assets: $1,179,390.0 mil, Deposits: $650,614.0 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, International Specialization, 3113 total offices, Holding Company: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
- Keystone Community Bank: Woodbridge Branch at 3910 W. Centre Ave, branch established on 2003-11-03; Portage Branch at 6405 South Westnedge Avenue, branch established on 1997-07-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $208.0 mil, Deposits: $165.0 mil, headquarters in Kalamazoo, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Firstbank Corporation
- Charter One Bank, National Association: Southland Mall at 6118 South Westnedge, branch established on 1995-10-31. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $45,991.8 mil, Deposits: $21,276.3 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, 503 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
- Portage Commerce Bank: at 800 East Milham, branch established on 1988-05-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $179.4 mil, Deposits: $154.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Capitol Bancorp Ltd.
- Chemical Bank: Portage Branch at 8025 Creekside Drive, branch established on 1997-03-31. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $3,781.3 mil, Deposits: $2,898.3 mil, headquarters in Midland, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 127 total offices, Holding Company: Chemical Financial Corporation
- 4 other banks with 4 local branches
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other and Unallocable |
3 | $9,082 | $36,328 | 9 | $7,696 |
| Streets and Highways |
39 | $156,857 | $48,264 | 1 | $1,313 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
54 | $238,381 | $52,974 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
21 | $93,610 | $53,491 | 11 | $21,797 |
| Financial Administration |
17 | $63,938 | $45,133 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
19 | $71,855 | $45,382 | 19 | $17,061 |
| Firefighters |
32 | $145,119 | $54,420 | 25 | $5,772 |
| Fire - Other |
5 | $20,858 | $50,059 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
12 | $59,286 | $59,286 | 17 | $1,999 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
18 | $70,082 | $46,721 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
220 | $929,070 | $50,677 | 82 | $55,638 |
Portage government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,534,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $4,148,000
All Other: $2,635,000
Parks & Recreation: $237,000
- Construction - Fire Protection: $810,000
Police Protection: $637,000
Parks & Recreation: $572,000
General: $490,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $7,551,000
Water Utilities: $4,996,000
Fire Protection: $3,837,000
Regular Highways: $3,645,000
General - Other: $3,276,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,736,000
Sewerage: $2,442,000
Financial Administration: $1,493,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,437,000
Central Staff Services: $967,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $590,000
General Public Buildings: $505,000
Transit Utilities: $107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $14,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,673,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $1,702,000
Transit Utilities: $107,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Police Protection: $8,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $27,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $540,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $72,459,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $15,905,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $16,279,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $68,740,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $3,345,000
Water Utilities: $540,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $1,513,000
Interest Earnings: $878,000
General Revenue, NEC: $250,000
Rents: $79,000
Property Sale Other: $65,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $5,951,000
Water Utilities: $1,747,000
Sewerage: $151,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,201,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $3,302,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $6,300,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $4,097,000
Highways: $3,699,000
All Other: $557,000
- Tax - Property: $16,639,000
NEC: $1,185,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $12,241,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $27,000
6.66% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,683 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.66% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
0.22% of residents moved from foreign countries ($464 average AGI)| Kalamazoo County: | 0.22% | | Michigan average: | 0.10% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,323 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.15% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($512 average AGI)| Kalamazoo County: | 0.06% | | Michigan average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Portage:
- WKLZ (1470 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQSN (1660 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNWN (1560 AM; daytime; 4 kW; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WKZO (590 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKMI (1360 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI)
- WKPR (1420 AM; 1 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI)
- WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBCK (930 AM; 5 kW; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WPNW (1260 AM; 10 kW; ZEELAND, MI; Owner: LANSER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAKV (980 AM; 1 kW; OTSEGO, MI; Owner: VINTAGE RADIO ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Portage:
- WFAT (96.5 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WKDS (89.9 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: BD OF EDUC SCHOOL DISTR OF CITY)
- W247AM (97.3 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WAYK (88.3 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY)
- W258AH (99.5 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WIDR (89.1 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- W262AF (100.3 FM; PARCHMENT, MI; Owner: FRIENDS OF CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WMUK (102.1 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WQLR (106.5 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WRKR (107.7 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WOFR (89.5 FM; SCHOOLCRAFT, MI; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WKFR-FM (103.3 FM; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBCT (93.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WZUU (92.3 FM; ALLEGAN, MI; Owner: FORUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WVGR (104.1 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)
- WLKM-FM (95.9 FM; THREE RIVERS, MI; Owner: IMPACT RADIO, LLC)
- WQXC-FM (100.9 FM; OTSEGO, MI; Owner: FORUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W219CA (91.7 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Portage:
- WGVK (Channel 52; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WWMT (Channel 3; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WLLA (Channel 64; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.)
- WOTV (Channel 41; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WOKZ-CA (Channel 50; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WXMI (Channel 17; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W26BX (Channel 26; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WOOD-TV (Channel 8; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
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