What is the population of Portland city?

Portland city has 20,369 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Portland city?

Median household income in Portland city is $81,944 a year, 4.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,492 a month and the median home value is $226,900, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.8× 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 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Portland, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Portland, Texas (Portland, TX — Census place “Portland city”) is 20,369 residents, ranking #156 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $81,944, the median home is worth $226,900 and median gross rent runs $1,492 a month. Looking for the Portland Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Portland, TX: 78374.

Population: 20,369Portland city residents
Median household income: $81,944Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $226,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,492Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.6%Owner-occupied households

Portland ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Portland.

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

78374

What the numbers mean in Portland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Portland city median would spend about 21.8% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.6% of residents and 63.6% 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, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Portland city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 20,369 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #156 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 35.7 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 $81,944 a year, 4.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 27% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas 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 8.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Portland city is valued at $226,900, 25.2% below the national figure and 27% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,492 a month, 6.1% above the national figure, or roughly $17,904 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.6% 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 20,369 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Portland city?: Median household income in Portland city is $81,944 a year, 4.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Portland city?: Median gross rent is $1,492 a month and the median home value is $226,900, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.
Is Portland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× 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 21.8% 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.