Alton vs Portis

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Portis: population, income, housing, and more.

Alton and Portis are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alton has the higher population (126 vs 94 in Portis). Portis has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $57,708 in Alton). Portis has the higher median home value ($35,300 vs $24,000 in Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Portis
Population	126	94
Median age	29.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$73,333
Median home value	$24,000	$35,300
Housing units	62	61
Homeownership rate	63.8%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Portis
Population	88 → 126 (+43.2%)	144 → 94 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $57,708 (+33.2%)	$53,958 → $73,333 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$28,500 → $24,000 (-15.8%)	$31,500 → $35,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $713 (+46.1%)	—

Alton

Population

88126

Median household income

$43,333$57,708

Median home value

$28,500$24,000

Median gross rent

$488$713

Portis

Population

14494

Median household income

$53,958$73,333

Median home value

$31,500$35,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Portis
Under 5	8.7%	12.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	1.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	25.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	4.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.4%
75 and over	11.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Portis
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	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%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Portis
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	36.3%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Portis
Drove alone	46.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	3.8%
Other means	11.1%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Portis
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Portis
Poverty rate	18.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938