With only about 850 residents, Portage is one of the least-populated towns in Livingston County. There are no villages in Portage, but several hamlets. Consequently, Portage is one of the least-developed towns in the county, with lots of wide-open space. The banks of the Genesee River, on the western boundary of Portage, are steep and rocky.

Local Museums & Landmarks
The High Bridge at Portage, considered an engineering marvel of is time, was built in the 19th century. Letchworth State Park certainly is worth visiting. In neighboring Portageville, a hamlet in Genesee Falls, the First Universalist Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Neighboring Mount Morris, about 14 miles northeast, has two separate historic districts and other sites, including a 1930s Art Deco movie theater, on the National Register. The Mount Morris Dam, said to be the largest of its kind in the eastern United States, also is a landmark worth seeing. Nunda (only 4 miles east) and Mount Morris both have historical societies that serve the Portage area.