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Portland city, Ionia County, MI

3,821 Population
2.6 square miles 1,453.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,563 ±$6,356 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ionia County: $31,593 ±$1,560
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$65,116 ±$6,284 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ionia County: $73,436 ±$2,339
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.7% ±3.9% (256  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ionia County: 11.4% 7,186 (±1% / ±619)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

29.1 minutes ±6 (49,825  ±13,407) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ionia County: 27.4 758,330 (±1.2 / ±39,582)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,590 ±176 Number of households
  • Ionia County: 22,994 ±331
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.3 (3,821  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ionia County: 2.8 63,313 (±0 / ±77)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.1% ±4% (31  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ionia County: 5.7% † 789 (±1.4% / ±194)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,590 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Ionia County: 24,746 ±80
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$165,000 ±$22,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ionia County: $189,400 ±$6,738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

13.6% ±8.2% (518  ±312.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ionia County: 12.5% † 8,267 (±1.5% / ±973.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.1% ±11.6% (2,696  ±422.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ionia County: 91.4% 42,559 (±2.9% / ±1,389.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
26.1% ±7.9% (756  ±240.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ionia County: 18% 8,395 (±1.4% / ±659.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

1% ±0.9% (39  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ionia County: 1.3% 846
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

4.4% ±1.9% (145  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ionia County: 6.9% 3,596 (±0.7% / ±356)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
145 Total veterans ±64 145 Male ±64 N/A Female ±11

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