Downs vs Portis

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

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

Downs has the higher population (663 vs 94 in Portis). Portis has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $61,750 in Downs). Downs has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $35,300 in Portis).

Population, income & housing

	Downs	Portis
Population	663	94
Median age	56.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,750	$73,333
Median home value	$109,900	$35,300
Median gross rent	$579	—
Housing units	456	61
Homeownership rate	79.9%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downs	Portis
Population	752 → 663 (-11.8%)	144 → 94 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$51,053 → $61,750 (+21.0%)	$53,958 → $73,333 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $109,900 (+34.2%)	$31,500 → $35,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $579 (+37.9%)	—

Downs

Population

752663

Median household income

$51,053$61,750

Median home value

$81,900$109,900

Median gross rent

$420$579

Portis

Population

14494

Median household income

$53,958$73,333

Median home value

$31,500$35,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downs	Portis
Under 5	2.6%	12.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	1.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	25.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	6.4%
75 and over	21.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downs	Portis
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	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	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downs	Portis
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downs	Portis
Drove alone	74.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	15.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downs	Portis
1-unit, detached	84.9%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Downs	Portis
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.9%
Average household size	1.79	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1958	1938