Belding vs Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Belding and Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

Belding and Portland are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belding has the higher population (5,949 vs 3,821 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($65,116 vs $55,895 in Belding). Portland has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $152,700 in Belding).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Portland
Population	5,949	3,821
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$65,116
Median home value	$152,700	$165,000
Median gross rent	$693	$1,016
Housing units	2,280	1,590
Homeownership rate	67.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Portland
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Portland

Population

3,9233,821

Median household income

$56,458$65,116

Median home value

$124,700$165,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Portland
Under 5	4.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Portland
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.3%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Portland
Drove alone	87.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Portland
1-unit, detached	70.2%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	7.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Portland
Poverty rate	17.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1954	1959