Durham vs Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

Durham and Portland are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portland has the higher population (5,970 vs 3,508 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $91,522 in Portland). Durham has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $267,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Portland
Population	3,508	5,970
Median age	46.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,406	$91,522
Median home value	$378,900	$267,600
Median gross rent	$1,684	$1,112
Housing units	1,439	2,629
Homeownership rate	87.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Portland
Population	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)	5,552 → 5,970 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)	$73,523 → $91,522 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)	$229,400 → $267,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)	$1,094 → $1,112 (+1.6%)

Durham

Population

2,7523,508

Median household income

$108,333$126,406

Median home value

$275,800$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,492$1,684

Portland

Population

5,5525,970

Median household income

$73,523$91,522

Median home value

$229,400$267,600

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Portland
Under 5	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	20.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.8%
75 and over	9.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Portland
No high school diploma	6.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Portland
Drove alone	71.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.5%
Public transit	3.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Portland
1-unit, detached	94.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Portland
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1976	1953