Portia vs Powhatan

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

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

Portia has the higher population (441 vs 194 in Powhatan). Powhatan has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $38,250 in Portia). Since 2019, Powhatan's population has grown faster (+181.2% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Portia	Powhatan
Population	441	194
Median age	50.3 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,250	$60,556
Median home value	$82,800	—
Median gross rent	$398	—
Housing units	232	59
Homeownership rate	75.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portia	Powhatan
Population	580 → 441 (-24.0%)	69 → 194 (+181.2%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $38,250 (+3.0%)	$58,438 → $60,556 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)	$60,600 → $85,000 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $398 (-23.0%)	—

Portia

Population

580441

Median household income

$37,143$38,250

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Median gross rent

$517$398

Powhatan

Population

69194

Median household income

$58,438$60,556

Median home value

$60,600$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portia	Powhatan
Under 5	4.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	5.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	25.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	0.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.3%
75 and over	12.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portia	Powhatan
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portia	Powhatan
No high school diploma	34.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	67.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portia	Powhatan
Drove alone	85.2%	62.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	37.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portia	Powhatan
1-unit, detached	75.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Portia	Powhatan
Poverty rate	18.6%	25.3%
Average household size	2.09	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1970	1976