Glendon vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (695 vs 326 in Glendon). Glendon has the higher median household income ($97,917 vs $71,667 in Portland). Portland has the higher median home value ($258,600 vs $197,900 in Glendon).

Population, income & housing

	Glendon	Portland
Population	326	695
Median age	57.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$71,667
Median home value	$197,900	$258,600
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,354
Housing units	134	295
Homeownership rate	81.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendon	Portland
Population	466 → 326 (-30.0%)	600 → 695 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$67,679 → $97,917 (+44.7%)	$56,750 → $71,667 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $197,900 (+30.5%)	$180,700 → $258,600 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,313 (+2.0%)	$1,085 → $1,354 (+24.8%)

Glendon

Population

466326

Median household income

$67,679$97,917

Median home value

$151,600$197,900

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,313

Portland

Population

600695

Median household income

$56,750$71,667

Median home value

$180,700$258,600

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendon	Portland
Under 5	0.3%	11.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	30.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	4.6%
75 and over	10.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendon	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	17.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendon	Portland
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	52.6%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendon	Portland
Drove alone	82.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.3%
Public transit	8.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendon	Portland
1-unit, detached	57.5%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	40.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendon	Portland
Poverty rate	5.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938