Flaxton vs Portal

A side-by-side comparison of Flaxton and Portal: population, income, housing, and more.

Flaxton and Portal are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portal has the higher population (136 vs 24 in Flaxton). Portal has the higher median household income ($112,031 vs $23,750 in Flaxton). Portal has the higher median home value ($78,200 vs $38,500 in Flaxton).

Population, income & housing

	Flaxton	Portal
Population	24	136
Median age	60.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$112,031
Median home value	$38,500	$78,200
Median gross rent	—	$678
Housing units	85	96
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flaxton	Portal
Population	134 → 24 (-82.1%)	148 → 136 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$84,167 → $23,750 (-71.8%)	$99,375 → $112,031 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$32,900 → $38,500 (+17.0%)	$71,700 → $78,200 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$690 → $678 (-1.7%)

Flaxton

Population

13424

Median household income

$84,167$23,750

Median home value

$32,900$38,500

Portal

Population

148136

Median household income

$99,375$112,031

Median home value

$71,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$690$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flaxton	Portal
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	27.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	22.8%
55 to 64	29.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.7%
75 and over	45.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flaxton	Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.9%
Asian	8.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flaxton	Portal
No high school diploma	20.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	43.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flaxton	Portal
Drove alone	100.0%	67.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flaxton	Portal
1-unit, detached	76.5%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Flaxton	Portal
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.6%
Average household size	1.26	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1948	1974