Porter Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,903 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Porter Heights is located at (30.150324, -95.317496).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 0.32% is water.
Demographics
thumb|Volunteer Fire Department for Porter Heights
thumb|[[Porter High School, located south of Porter Heights. Part of New Caney ISD.]]
Porter Heights first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,347
|1,216
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,076
|90.40%
|73.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.54%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|6
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.40%
|0.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.31%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|5
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.34%
|1.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.32%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.27%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.42%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.00%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|16
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|1.07%
|0.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.26%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|112
|385
|style='background: #ffffe6; |717
|7.52%
|23.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37.68%
|-
|Total
|1,490
|1,653
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,903
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,903 people, 420 households, and 373 families residing in the CDP.
As of the 2010 United States census, Note: Airport was sold to property developer and permanently shut down in 2021.
Education
Some areas of Porter Heights are zoned to the New Caney Independent School District. Some areas of Porter Heights are zoned to the Conroe Independent School District.
Residents of the New Caney ISD section are zoned to Crippen Elementary School, White Oak Middle School, and Porter High School. Before the opening of Porter High School in 2010, students attended New Caney High School.<!--New Caney High School is not explicitly mentioned in the document, BUT it was the only HS in the district until Porter High opened, so it would have been the only place...--> Sixth graders previously attended the New Caney 6th Grade Campus.
Residents of the Conroe ISD section are zoned to San Jacinto Elementary School, Grangerland Intermediate School, Moorhead Junior High School, and Caney Creek High School.
The Texas Legislature designated both New Caney ISD and Conroe ISD (and therefore all of Porter Heights) as part of Lone Star College (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District).