Portsmouth vs Wheelersburg

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

Portsmouth and Wheelersburg 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 6,414 in Wheelersburg). Wheelersburg has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $35,319 in Portsmouth). Wheelersburg has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $95,000 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Population	17,919	6,414
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,319	$70,795
Median home value	$95,000	$209,200
Median gross rent	$758	$715
Housing units	8,508	2,802
Homeownership rate	46.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Population	20,311 → 17,919 (-11.8%)	6,082 → 6,414 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$28,840 → $35,319 (+22.5%)	$58,730 → $70,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $95,000 (+21.2%)	$159,300 → $209,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $758 (+25.1%)	$621 → $715 (+15.1%)

Portsmouth

Population

20,31117,919

Median household income

$28,840$35,319

Median home value

$78,400$95,000

Median gross rent

$606$758

Wheelersburg

Population

6,0826,414

Median household income

$58,730$70,795

Median home value

$159,300$209,200

Median gross rent

$621$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Under 5	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
No high school diploma	14.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Drove alone	78.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
1-unit, detached	71.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	12.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Poverty rate	37.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1947	1975