Pennville vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (6,341 vs 666 in Pennville). Portland has the higher median household income ($45,431 vs $36,607 in Pennville). Portland has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $75,000 in Pennville).

Population, income & housing

	Pennville	Portland
Population	666	6,341
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$45,431
Median home value	$75,000	$90,600
Median gross rent	$675	$722
Housing units	312	3,069
Homeownership rate	63.7%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennville	Portland
Population	724 → 666 (-8.0%)	5,886 → 6,341 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $36,607 (-13.4%)	$38,281 → $45,431 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $75,000 (+16.5%)	$71,100 → $90,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $675 (+19.7%)	$660 → $722 (+9.4%)

Pennville

Population

724666

Median household income

$42,250$36,607

Median home value

$64,400$75,000

Median gross rent

$564$675

Portland

Population

5,8866,341

Median household income

$38,281$45,431

Median home value

$71,100$90,600

Median gross rent

$660$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennville	Portland
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennville	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennville	Portland
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	56.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennville	Portland
Drove alone	80.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.1%	3.8%
Other means	3.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennville	Portland
1-unit, detached	74.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Pennville	Portland
Poverty rate	25.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1959	1951