Portsmouth vs West Portsmouth

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

Portsmouth and West 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 2,806 in West Portsmouth). West Portsmouth has the higher median household income ($48,925 vs $35,319 in Portsmouth). West Portsmouth has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $95,000 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
Population	17,919	2,806
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,319	$48,925
Median home value	$95,000	$116,900
Median gross rent	$758	$691
Housing units	8,508	1,345
Homeownership rate	46.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
Population	20,311 → 17,919 (-11.8%)	3,213 → 2,806 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$28,840 → $35,319 (+22.5%)	$42,047 → $48,925 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $95,000 (+21.2%)	$70,700 → $116,900 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $758 (+25.1%)	$656 → $691 (+5.3%)

Portsmouth

Population

20,31117,919

Median household income

$28,840$35,319

Median home value

$78,400$95,000

Median gross rent

$606$758

West Portsmouth

Population

3,2132,806

Median household income

$42,047$48,925

Median home value

$70,700$116,900

Median gross rent

$656$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.6%
75 and over	7.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
Drove alone	78.2%	92.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	71.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Portsmouth	West Portsmouth
Poverty rate	37.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1947	1957