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Portland, TX

20,543 Population
12.1 square miles 1,694 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,453 ±$3,143 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $34,990 ±$697
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,865 ±$7,609 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $67,453 ±$1,547
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±4% (1,843  ±814) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 16.8% 73,910 (±0.9% / ±3,987)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±1.8 (173,890  ±20,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 21.9 4,116,430 (±0.5 / ±107,793)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,554 ±338 Number of households
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 168,972 ±1,401
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (20,476  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 2.6 438,581 (±0 / ±122)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.3% (269  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,876 (±0.7% / ±750)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,542 ±455 Number of housing units
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 200,842 ±101
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,800 ±$9,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $210,400 ±$3,288
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.3% ±5.2% (4,313  ±1,043.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 14.2% 62,839 (±0.8% / ±3,691.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±5.9% (12,011  ±901.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 85.6% 257,067 (±1.4% / ±4,121.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±3.1% (3,383  ±432.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 69,565 (±0.7% / ±2,153.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.8% ±3.9% (2,226  ±799) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8% 35,966
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±2.3% (1,560  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8.7% 29,622 (±0.4% / ±1,326)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,560 Total veterans ±356 1,430 Male ±339 130 Female ±84

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