Lake Pocotopaug vs Portland

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

Lake Pocotopaug 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 4,715 in Lake Pocotopaug). Lake Pocotopaug has the higher median household income ($108,430 vs $91,522 in Portland). Lake Pocotopaug has the higher median home value ($304,700 vs $267,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
Population	4,715	5,970
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,430	$91,522
Median home value	$304,700	$267,600
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,112
Housing units	2,181	2,629
Homeownership rate	84.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
Population	3,117 → 4,715 (+51.3%)	5,552 → 5,970 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$74,269 → $108,430 (+46.0%)	$73,523 → $91,522 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$268,600 → $304,700 (+13.4%)	$229,400 → $267,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,403 (+13.1%)	$1,094 → $1,112 (+1.6%)

Lake Pocotopaug

Population

3,1174,715

Median household income

$74,269$108,430

Median home value

$268,600$304,700

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,403

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)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	20.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.8%
75 and over	8.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
Drove alone	77.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
1-unit, detached	68.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Pocotopaug	Portland
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	1953