New Boston vs Portsmouth

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

New Boston 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 2,392 in New Boston). Portsmouth has the higher median household income ($35,319 vs $25,759 in New Boston). Portsmouth has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $55,900 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	New Boston	Portsmouth
Population	2,392	17,919
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$25,759	$35,319
Median home value	$55,900	$95,000
Median gross rent	$601	$758
Housing units	1,169	8,508
Homeownership rate	33.1%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Boston	Portsmouth
Population	2,266 → 2,392 (+5.6%)	20,311 → 17,919 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$22,332 → $25,759 (+15.3%)	$28,840 → $35,319 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $55,900 (+5.9%)	$78,400 → $95,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $601 (+13.8%)	$606 → $758 (+25.1%)

New Boston

Population

2,2662,392

Median household income

$22,332$25,759

Median home value

$52,800$55,900

Median gross rent

$528$601

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)

	New Boston	Portsmouth
Under 5	8.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	12.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Boston	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Boston	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	24.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Boston	Portsmouth
Drove alone	81.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	10.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Boston	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	61.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	9.4%
20 or more units	19.2%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	New Boston	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	29.7%	37.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1955	1947