Muir vs Portland

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

Muir 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 637 in Muir). Portland has the higher median household income ($65,116 vs $51,667 in Muir). Portland has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $132,200 in Muir).

Population, income & housing

	Muir	Portland
Population	637	3,821
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$65,116
Median home value	$132,200	$165,000
Median gross rent	$543	$1,016
Housing units	256	1,590
Homeownership rate	55.5%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muir	Portland
Population	733 → 637 (-13.1%)	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $51,667 (+42.5%)	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $132,200 (+118.2%)	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $543 (+29.3%)	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)

Muir

Population

733637

Median household income

$36,250$51,667

Median home value

$60,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$420$543

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)

	Muir	Portland
Under 5	7.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	20.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.3%
75 and over	6.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muir	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muir	Portland
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muir	Portland
Drove alone	87.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muir	Portland
1-unit, detached	60.2%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Muir	Portland
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1967	1959