Lake Odessa vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (3,821 vs 2,174 in Lake Odessa). Lake Odessa has the higher median household income ($71,157 vs $65,116 in Portland). Portland has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $150,300 in Lake Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Odessa	Portland
Population	2,174	3,821
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,157	$65,116
Median home value	$150,300	$165,000
Median gross rent	$688	$1,016
Housing units	769	1,590
Homeownership rate	79.8%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Odessa	Portland
Population	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)

Lake Odessa

Population

2,0792,174

Median household income

$45,038$71,157

Median home value

$99,100$150,300

Median gross rent

$670$688

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)

	Lake Odessa	Portland
Under 5	4.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.3%
75 and over	6.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Odessa	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Odessa	Portland
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Odessa	Portland
Drove alone	79.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Odessa	Portland
1-unit, detached	74.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	10.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Odessa	Portland
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1962	1959