What is the population of Portland city?

Portland city has 3,821 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #214 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Portland city?

Median household income in Portland city is $65,116 a year, 17.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,016 a month and the median home value is $165,000, so rent absorbs about 18.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× 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 18.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Portland, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Portland, Michigan (Portland, MI — Census place “Portland city”) is 3,821 residents, ranking #214 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $65,116, the median home is worth $165,000 and median gross rent runs $1,016 a month. Looking for the Portland Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Portland, MI: 48875.

Population: 3,821Portland city residents
Median household income: $65,116Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $165,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,016Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.9%Owner-occupied households

Portland ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Portland.

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

48875

What the numbers mean in Portland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Portland city median would spend about 18.7% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.7% of residents and 64.9% 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, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Portland city is a small town in Michigan, with 3,821 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #214 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Portland city earn a median of $65,116 a year, 17.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan 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 6.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Portland city is valued at $165,000, 45.6% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,016 a month, 27.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,192 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.7% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 3,821 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #214 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Portland city?: Median household income in Portland city is $65,116 a year, 17.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Portland city?: Median gross rent is $1,016 a month and the median home value is $165,000, so rent absorbs about 18.7% of median household income.
Is Portland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× 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 18.7% 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. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.