Portia vs Ravenden

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

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

Ravenden has the higher population (448 vs 441 in Portia). Ravenden has the higher median household income ($39,545 vs $38,250 in Portia). Portia has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $82,500 in Ravenden).

Population, income & housing

	Portia	Ravenden
Population	441	448
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,250	$39,545
Median home value	$82,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$398	$760
Housing units	232	223
Homeownership rate	75.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portia	Ravenden
Population	580 → 441 (-24.0%)	469 → 448 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $38,250 (+3.0%)	$25,227 → $39,545 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)	$77,500 → $82,500 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $398 (-23.0%)	$523 → $760 (+45.3%)

Portia

Population

580441

Median household income

$37,143$38,250

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Median gross rent

$517$398

Ravenden

Population

469448

Median household income

$25,227$39,545

Median home value

$77,500$82,500

Median gross rent

$523$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portia	Ravenden
Under 5	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	25.9%
18 to 24	13.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.2%
75 and over	12.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portia	Ravenden
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	93.5%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portia	Ravenden
No high school diploma	34.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	64.0%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portia	Ravenden
Drove alone	85.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portia	Ravenden
1-unit, detached	75.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Portia	Ravenden
Poverty rate	18.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1970	1981