Ionia vs Portland

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

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

Ionia has the higher population (12,950 vs 3,821 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($65,116 vs $60,729 in Ionia). Portland has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $161,100 in Ionia).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	Portland
Population	12,950	3,821
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,729	$65,116
Median home value	$161,100	$165,000
Median gross rent	$789	$1,016
Housing units	3,981	1,590
Homeownership rate	60.4%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	Portland
Population	11,147 → 12,950 (+16.2%)	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$48,902 → $60,729 (+24.2%)	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $161,100 (+65.1%)	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $789 (-3.0%)	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)

Ionia

Population

11,14712,950

Median household income

$48,902$60,729

Median home value

$97,600$161,100

Median gross rent

$813$789

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)

	Ionia	Portland
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	22.3%	20.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.3%
75 and over	3.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	14.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	Portland
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	Portland
Drove alone	67.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.2%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	Portland
1-unit, detached	65.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	13.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	Portland
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1948	1959