Portland vs Salamonia

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

Portland and Salamonia 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 199 in Salamonia). Salamonia has the higher median household income ($58,958 vs $45,431 in Portland). Salamonia has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $90,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Salamonia
Population	6,341	199
Median age	38.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,431	$58,958
Median home value	$90,600	$95,600
Median gross rent	$722	$1,100
Housing units	3,069	75
Homeownership rate	66.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Salamonia
Population	5,886 → 6,341 (+7.7%)	147 → 199 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $45,431 (+18.7%)	$44,500 → $58,958 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $90,600 (+27.4%)	$53,800 → $95,600 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $722 (+9.4%)	$625 → $1,100 (+76.0%)

Portland

Population

5,8866,341

Median household income

$38,281$45,431

Median home value

$71,100$90,600

Median gross rent

$660$722

Salamonia

Population

147199

Median household income

$44,500$58,958

Median home value

$53,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Salamonia
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	3.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.6%
75 and over	5.6%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Salamonia
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Salamonia
No high school diploma	16.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Salamonia
Drove alone	80.2%	77.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Salamonia
1-unit, detached	76.1%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Salamonia
Poverty rate	16.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1951	1971