What is the population of Portland city?

Portland city has 6,341 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #113 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Portland city?

Median household income in Portland city is $45,431 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Portland city?

Median gross rent is $722 a month and the median home value is $90,600, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Portland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Portland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Portland, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Portland, Indiana (Portland, IN — Census place “Portland city”) is 6,341 residents, ranking #113 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $45,431, the median home is worth $90,600 and median gross rent runs $722 a month. Looking for the Portland Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Portland, IN: 47371.

Population: 6,341Portland city residents
Median household income: $45,431Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $90,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $722Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.5%Owner-occupied households

Portland ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Portland.

The Portland IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

47371

What the numbers mean in Portland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Portland city median would spend about 19.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 66.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Portland city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Portland city is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 6,341 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #113 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Portland city earn a median of $45,431 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Portland city is valued at $90,600, 70.1% below the national figure and 38% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $722 a month, 48.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 66.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Portland city?: Portland city has 6,341 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #113 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Portland city?: Median household income in Portland city is $45,431 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Portland city?: Median gross rent is $722 a month and the median home value is $90,600, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Portland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Portland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Portland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.