Portal vs Powers Lake

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

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

Powers Lake has the higher population (292 vs 136 in Portal). Portal has the higher median household income ($112,031 vs $77,750 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $78,200 in Portal).

Population, income & housing

	Portal	Powers Lake
Population	136	292
Median age	42.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,031	$77,750
Median home value	$78,200	$165,000
Median gross rent	$678	$1,074
Housing units	96	201
Homeownership rate	59.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portal	Powers Lake
Population	148 → 136 (-8.1%)	293 → 292 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$99,375 → $112,031 (+12.7%)	$54,625 → $77,750 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $78,200 (+9.1%)	$143,200 → $165,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $678 (-1.7%)	$1,090 → $1,074 (-1.5%)

Portal

Population

148136

Median household income

$99,375$112,031

Median home value

$71,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$690$678

Powers Lake

Population

293292

Median household income

$54,625$77,750

Median home value

$143,200$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portal	Powers Lake
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	27.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	22.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	5.1%
65 to 74	0.7%	8.9%
75 and over	2.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portal	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	11.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.9%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portal	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portal	Powers Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.1%	10.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	1.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portal	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	77.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Portal	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.8%
Average household size	1.74	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1974	1964