What is the population of Portsmouth city?

Portsmouth city has 17,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #105 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Portsmouth city?

Median household income in Portsmouth city is $35,319 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $758 a month and the median home value is $95,000, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Portsmouth city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Portsmouth, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Portsmouth, Ohio (Portsmouth, OH — Census place “Portsmouth city”) is 17,919 residents, ranking #105 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $35,319, the median home is worth $95,000 and median gross rent runs $758 a month. Looking for the Portsmouth Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Portsmouth, OH: 45662.

Population: 17,919Portsmouth city residents
Median household income: $35,319Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $95,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $758Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.8%Owner-occupied households

Portsmouth ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Portsmouth.

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

45662

What the numbers mean in Portsmouth city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Portsmouth city median would spend about 25.8% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 37.5% of residents and 46.8% of households own their home.

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

Portsmouth city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Portsmouth city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 17,919 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #105 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 37.1 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 Portsmouth city earn a median of $35,319 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538 and 47% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 37.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Portsmouth city is valued at $95,000, 68.7% below the national figure and 44% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $758 a month, 46.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,096 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 46.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Portsmouth city?: Portsmouth city has 17,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #105 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Portsmouth city?: Median household income in Portsmouth city is $35,319 a year, 55% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Portsmouth city?: Median gross rent is $758 a month and the median home value is $95,000, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.
Is Portsmouth city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Portsmouth city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Portsmouth 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.