Portia vs Walnut Ridge

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

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

Walnut Ridge has the higher population (5,440 vs 441 in Portia). Walnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($47,612 vs $38,250 in Portia). Walnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $82,800 in Portia).

Population, income & housing

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
Population	441	5,440
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,250	$47,612
Median home value	$82,800	$104,500
Median gross rent	$398	$710
Housing units	232	2,394
Homeownership rate	75.0%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
Population	580 → 441 (-24.0%)	5,098 → 5,440 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $38,250 (+3.0%)	$41,172 → $47,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)	$89,900 → $104,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $398 (-23.0%)	$586 → $710 (+21.2%)

Portia

Population

580441

Median household income

$37,143$38,250

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Median gross rent

$517$398

Walnut Ridge

Population

5,0985,440

Median household income

$41,172$47,612

Median home value

$89,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$586$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	13.4%	15.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	7.6%
75 and over	12.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
No high school diploma	34.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
Drove alone	85.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	75.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Portia	Walnut Ridge
Poverty rate	18.6%	21.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1970	1976