Hoxie vs Portia

A side-by-side comparison of Hoxie and Portia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoxie has the higher population (2,623 vs 441 in Portia). Portia has the higher median household income ($38,250 vs $35,234 in Hoxie). Hoxie has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $82,800 in Portia).

Population, income & housing

	Hoxie	Portia
Population	2,623	441
Median age	37.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,234	$38,250
Median home value	$83,000	$82,800
Median gross rent	$821	$398
Housing units	1,323	232
Homeownership rate	55.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoxie	Portia
Population	2,628 → 2,623 (-0.2%)	580 → 441 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$30,438 → $35,234 (+15.8%)	$37,143 → $38,250 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $83,000 (+18.9%)	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $821 (+62.9%)	$517 → $398 (-23.0%)

Hoxie

Population

2,6282,623

Median household income

$30,438$35,234

Median home value

$69,800$83,000

Median gross rent

$504$821

Portia

Population

580441

Median household income

$37,143$38,250

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Median gross rent

$517$398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoxie	Portia
Under 5	4.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	5.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	17.9%
75 and over	7.5%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoxie	Portia
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	98.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoxie	Portia
No high school diploma	18.0%	34.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoxie	Portia
Drove alone	86.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoxie	Portia
1-unit, detached	83.4%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Hoxie	Portia
Poverty rate	18.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1970