Portola vs Quincy

A side-by-side comparison of Portola and Quincy: population, income, housing, and more.

Portola and Quincy are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portola has the higher population (2,462 vs 1,580 in Quincy). Quincy has the higher median household income ($87,008 vs $42,385 in Portola). Quincy has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $232,100 in Portola).

Population, income & housing

	Portola	Quincy
Population	2,462	1,580
Median age	36.2 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,385	$87,008
Median home value	$232,100	$284,500
Median gross rent	$837	—
Housing units	1,292	799
Homeownership rate	47.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portola	Quincy
Population	1,913 → 2,462 (+28.7%)	1,952 → 1,580 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$50,956 → $42,385 (-16.8%)	$52,907 → $87,008 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $232,100 (+44.5%)	$274,500 → $284,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $837 (+14.0%)	$941 → $1,030 (+9.5%)

Portola

Population

1,9132,462

Median household income

$50,956$42,385

Median home value

$160,600$232,100

Median gross rent

$734$837

Quincy

Population

1,9521,580

Median household income

$52,907$87,008

Median home value

$274,500$284,500

Median gross rent

$941$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portola	Quincy
Under 5	8.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	2.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	42.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portola	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portola	Quincy
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portola	Quincy
Drove alone	70.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portola	Quincy
1-unit, detached	69.0%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Portola	Quincy
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1971	1967