Portsmouth vs Westphalia

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

Portsmouth and Westphalia 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 151 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($108,542 vs $79,643 in Portsmouth). Portsmouth has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $95,000 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
Population	200	151
Median age	43.5 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,643	$108,542
Median home value	$115,500	$95,000
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	105	74
Homeownership rate	93.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
Population	126 → 200 (+58.7%)	149 → 151 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $79,643 (+41.6%)	$53,250 → $108,542 (+103.8%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $115,500 (+7.1%)	$70,000 → $95,000 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)	$650 → $475 (-26.9%)

Portsmouth

Population

126200

Median household income

$56,250$79,643

Median home value

$107,800$115,500

Median gross rent

$583$575

Westphalia

Population

149151

Median household income

$53,250$108,542

Median home value

$70,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	34.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.0%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	100.0%
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	10.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	51.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
Drove alone	74.8%	96.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	98.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Portsmouth	Westphalia
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1957	1938