Portland vs Saranac

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

Portland and Saranac 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 1,973 in Saranac). Portland has the higher median household income ($65,116 vs $64,157 in Saranac). Saranac has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $165,000 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Saranac
Population	3,821	1,973
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,116	$64,157
Median home value	$165,000	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,016	$415
Housing units	1,590	760
Homeownership rate	64.9%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Saranac
Population	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)	1,409 → 1,973 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)	$47,159 → $64,157 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)	$109,200 → $183,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)	$460 → $415 (-9.8%)

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

Saranac

Population

1,4091,973

Median household income

$47,159$64,157

Median home value

$109,200$183,300

Median gross rent

$460$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Saranac
Under 5	2.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	17.8%
25 to 34	20.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	18.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	5.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Saranac
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	4.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Saranac
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Saranac
Drove alone	87.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Saranac
1-unit, detached	64.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	9.3%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Saranac
Poverty rate	6.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1959	1968