Hamburg vs Portland

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

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

Hamburg has the higher population (2,992 vs 430 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $35,027 in Hamburg). Hamburg has the higher median home value ($77,700 vs $55,300 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Portland
Population	2,992	430
Median age	38.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,027	$47,500
Median home value	$77,700	$55,300
Median gross rent	$643	$620
Housing units	1,223	170
Homeownership rate	60.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Portland
Population	2,683 → 2,992 (+11.5%)	355 → 430 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$33,611 → $35,027 (+4.2%)	$38,214 → $47,500 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $77,700 (+5.4%)	$76,700 → $55,300 (-27.9%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $643 (+7.0%)	$452 → $620 (+37.2%)

Hamburg

Population

2,6832,992

Median household income

$33,611$35,027

Median home value

$73,700$77,700

Median gross rent

$601$643

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)

	Hamburg	Portland
Under 5	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	15.8%
75 and over	5.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	56.5%	41.2%
Black or African American	25.9%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Portland
No high school diploma	14.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	52.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Portland
Drove alone	95.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Portland
1-unit, detached	62.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Portland
Poverty rate	29.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1974	1969