Essex Village vs Portland

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

Essex Village 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 2,722 in Essex Village). Essex Village has the higher median household income ($110,469 vs $91,522 in Portland). Essex Village has the higher median home value ($744,100 vs $267,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Village	Portland
Population	2,722	5,970
Median age	58.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,469	$91,522
Median home value	$744,100	$267,600
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,112
Housing units	1,376	2,629
Homeownership rate	90.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Village	Portland
Population	2,480 → 2,722 (+9.8%)	5,552 → 5,970 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $110,469 (+31.9%)	$73,523 → $91,522 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$447,200 → $744,100 (+66.4%)	$229,400 → $267,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $2,071 (+34.0%)	$1,094 → $1,112 (+1.6%)

Essex Village

Population

2,4802,722

Median household income

$83,750$110,469

Median home value

$447,200$744,100

Median gross rent

$1,545$2,071

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)

	Essex Village	Portland
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	1.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	26.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.8%
75 and over	15.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Village	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Village	Portland
No high school diploma	0.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	11.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Village	Portland
Drove alone	66.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	6.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Village	Portland
1-unit, detached	76.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex Village	Portland
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1958	1953