Lucasville vs Portsmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Lucasville and Portsmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Lucasville and Portsmouth are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portsmouth has the higher population (17,919 vs 1,714 in Lucasville). Lucasville has the higher median household income ($70,489 vs $35,319 in Portsmouth). Lucasville has the higher median home value ($187,400 vs $95,000 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
Population	1,714	17,919
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,489	$35,319
Median home value	$187,400	$95,000
Median gross rent	$821	$758
Housing units	805	8,508
Homeownership rate	74.0%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
Population	1,503 → 1,714 (+14.0%)	20,311 → 17,919 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$29,940 → $70,489 (+135.4%)	$28,840 → $35,319 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $187,400 (+33.9%)	$78,400 → $95,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $821 (+38.2%)	$606 → $758 (+25.1%)

Lucasville

Population

1,5031,714

Median household income

$29,940$70,489

Median home value

$140,000$187,400

Median gross rent

$594$821

Portsmouth

Population

20,31117,919

Median household income

$28,840$35,319

Median home value

$78,400$95,000

Median gross rent

$606$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	19.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
Drove alone	77.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	91.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lucasville	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	8.6%	37.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1965	1947