Panama vs Portsmouth

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

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

Panama has the higher population (283 vs 200 in Portsmouth). Portsmouth has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $61,250 in Panama). Panama has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $115,500 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Panama	Portsmouth
Population	283	200
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$79,643
Median home value	$121,600	$115,500
Median gross rent	$939	$575
Housing units	136	105
Homeownership rate	76.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panama	Portsmouth
Population	204 → 283 (+38.7%)	126 → 200 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$62,000 → $61,250 (-1.2%)	$56,250 → $79,643 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $121,600 (+36.8%)	$107,800 → $115,500 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)

Panama

Population

204283

Median household income

$62,000$61,250

Median home value

$88,900$121,600

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)

	Panama	Portsmouth
Under 5	2.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	27.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	19.8%	19.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panama	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panama	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panama	Portsmouth
Drove alone	78.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panama	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	89.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	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

	Panama	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1951	1957