Earling vs Portsmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Earling and Portsmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Earling and Portsmouth are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Earling has the higher population (466 vs 200 in Portsmouth). Portsmouth has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $44,375 in Earling). Earling has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $115,500 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Earling	Portsmouth
Population	466	200
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$79,643
Median home value	$117,600	$115,500
Median gross rent	$731	$575
Housing units	221	105
Homeownership rate	71.2%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earling	Portsmouth
Population	370 → 466 (+25.9%)	126 → 200 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $44,375 (-0.5%)	$56,250 → $79,643 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $117,600 (+36.6%)	$107,800 → $115,500 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $731 (+39.2%)	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)

Earling

Population

370466

Median household income

$44,583$44,375

Median home value

$86,100$117,600

Median gross rent

$525$731

Portsmouth

Population

126200

Median household income

$56,250$79,643

Median home value

$107,800$115,500

Median gross rent

$583$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earling	Portsmouth
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.0%
75 and over	16.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earling	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earling	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earling	Portsmouth
Drove alone	86.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earling	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	92.3%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Earling	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	8.9%	3.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1954	1957