Mayville vs Portland

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

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

Mayville has the higher population (2,050 vs 548 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($100,714 vs $64,044 in Mayville). Portland has the higher median home value ($204,500 vs $196,200 in Mayville).

Population, income & housing

	Mayville	Portland
Population	2,050	548
Median age	27.9 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,044	$100,714
Median home value	$196,200	$204,500
Median gross rent	$828	$506
Housing units	855	256
Homeownership rate	44.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayville	Portland
Population	1,808 → 2,050 (+13.4%)	633 → 548 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$50,250 → $64,044 (+27.5%)	$58,333 → $100,714 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $196,200 (+52.4%)	$136,300 → $204,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $828 (+28.2%)	$445 → $506 (+13.7%)

Mayville

Population

1,8082,050

Median household income

$50,250$64,044

Median home value

$128,700$196,200

Median gross rent

$646$828

Portland

Population

633548

Median household income

$58,333$100,714

Median home value

$136,300$204,500

Median gross rent

$445$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayville	Portland
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	25.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	6.0%	24.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	13.1%
75 and over	9.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayville	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayville	Portland
No high school diploma	12.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayville	Portland
Drove alone	76.6%	91.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayville	Portland
1-unit, detached	53.9%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Mayville	Portland
Poverty rate	15.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1968	1972