Jacksonville vs Portsmouth

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

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

Portsmouth has the higher population (200 vs 6 in Jacksonville). Since 2019, Portsmouth's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs -14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
Population	6	200
Median age	—	43.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,643
Median home value	—	$115,500
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	6	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
Population	7 → 6 (-14.3%)	126 → 200 (+58.7%)
Median household income	—	$56,250 → $79,643 (+41.6%)
Median home value	—	$107,800 → $115,500 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)

Jacksonville

Population

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)

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	19.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.0%
75 and over	100.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	100.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
Drove alone	100.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	100.0%	3.0%
Average household size	—	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	—	1957