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Portsmouth city, Scioto County, OH

17,919 Population
10.7 square miles 1,670.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Scioto County: 40.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,758 ±$2,297 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Scioto County: $27,362 ±$952
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$35,319 ±$5,485 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Scioto County: $49,571 ±$2,919
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

37.5% ±4.9% (6,325  ±821) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Scioto County: 22.4% 15,618 (±2.2% / ±1,520)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

19.8 minutes ±2.8 (111,985  ±18,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Scioto County: 27.4 705,240 (±1.9 / ±53,757)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

7,327 ±368 Number of households
  • Scioto County: 28,637 ±453
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.3 ±0.1 (16,777  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Scioto County: 2.4 69,759 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

3.7% ±1.8% (164  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Scioto County: 5.3% † 836 (±1.4% / ±220)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

8,508 ±362 Number of housing units
  • Scioto County: 33,153 ±100
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$95,000 ±$10,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Scioto County: $132,300 ±$9,329
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

16.1% ±3.6% (2,863  ±643.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Scioto County: 11.4% † 8,258 (±1.7% / ±1,229.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

85.7% ±5.1% (10,150  ±694.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Scioto County: 88.7% 45,172 (±2.9% / ±1,479.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
18% ±2.5% (2,131  ±306.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scioto County: 18% 9,143 (±1.4% / ±709.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

2.1% ±0.6% (369  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Scioto County: 0.9% 633
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

7% ±1.9% (997  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Scioto County: 7% † 3,976 (±0.8% / ±434)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
997 Total veterans ±266 936 Male ±261 61 Female ±42

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