Parkdale vs Portland

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

Parkdale 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 72 in Parkdale). Portland has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $41,667 in Parkdale). Since 2019, Portland's population has grown faster (+21.1% vs -70.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Parkdale	Portland
Population	72	430
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	$47,500
Median home value	—	$55,300
Median gross rent	—	$620
Housing units	61	170
Homeownership rate	90.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkdale	Portland
Population	243 → 72 (-70.4%)	355 → 430 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$30,938 → $41,667 (+34.7%)	$38,214 → $47,500 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$30,300 → $37,500 (+23.8%)	$76,700 → $55,300 (-27.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $825 (+15.5%)	$452 → $620 (+37.2%)

Parkdale

Population

24372

Median household income

$30,938$41,667

Median home value

$30,300$37,500

Median gross rent

$714$825

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)

	Parkdale	Portland
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	31.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	4.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	20.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.8%
75 and over	9.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkdale	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	41.2%
Black or African American	87.5%	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	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkdale	Portland
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	71.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkdale	Portland
Drove alone	74.1%	90.9%
Carpooled	25.9%	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	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkdale	Portland
1-unit, detached	85.2%	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	14.8%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Parkdale	Portland
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.7%
Average household size	3.60	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1956	1969