Portal vs Statesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Portal and Statesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Portal and Statesboro are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Statesboro has the higher population (33,705 vs 653 in Portal). Portal has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $42,884 in Statesboro). Statesboro has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $76,700 in Portal).

Population, income & housing

	Portal	Statesboro
Population	653	33,705
Median age	41.8 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$42,884
Median home value	$76,700	$158,600
Median gross rent	$936	$935
Housing units	245	13,566
Homeownership rate	58.2%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portal	Statesboro
Population	676 → 653 (-3.4%)	31,495 → 33,705 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $62,750 (+82.5%)	$29,203 → $42,884 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $76,700 (-9.8%)	$113,600 → $158,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $936 (+5.6%)	$780 → $935 (+19.9%)

Portal

Population

676653

Median household income

$34,375$62,750

Median home value

$85,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$886$936

Statesboro

Population

31,49533,705

Median household income

$29,203$42,884

Median home value

$113,600$158,600

Median gross rent

$780$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portal	Statesboro
Under 5	11.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	43.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	6.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.0%
75 and over	8.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portal	Statesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	47.0%
Black or African American	27.3%	42.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portal	Statesboro
No high school diploma	23.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portal	Statesboro
Drove alone	82.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	3.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.1%	9.8%
Other means	5.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portal	Statesboro
1-unit, detached	72.2%	32.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Portal	Statesboro
Poverty rate	13.3%	37.2%
Average household size	3.07	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1975	1988