Fountain Hill vs Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Hill and Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Hill and Portland are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portland has the higher population (430 vs 100 in Fountain Hill). Portland has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $31,250 in Fountain Hill). Since 2019, Portland's population has grown faster (+21.1% vs -37.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hill	Portland
Population	100	430
Median age	43.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$47,500
Median home value	—	$55,300
Median gross rent	—	$620
Housing units	78	170
Homeownership rate	93.8%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hill	Portland
Population	161 → 100 (-37.9%)	355 → 430 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $31,250 (-34.7%)	$38,214 → $47,500 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $50,600 (+12.4%)	$76,700 → $55,300 (-27.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $700 (+9.5%)	$452 → $620 (+37.2%)

Fountain Hill

Population

161100

Median household income

$47,857$31,250

Median home value

$45,000$50,600

Median gross rent

$639$700

Portland

Population

355430

Median household income

$38,214$47,500

Median home value

$76,700$55,300

Median gross rent

$452$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Hill	Portland
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	26.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	15.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hill	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	41.2%
Black or African American	43.0%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hill	Portland
No high school diploma	1.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hill	Portland
Drove alone	56.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	1.7%
Other means	6.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hill	Portland
1-unit, detached	70.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hill	Portland
Poverty rate	9.0%	20.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1969