Mount Bethel vs Portland

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

Mount Bethel 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 641 in Mount Bethel). Portland has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $49,231 in Mount Bethel). Portland has the higher median home value ($258,600 vs $203,400 in Mount Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Bethel	Portland
Population	641	695
Median age	44.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,231	$71,667
Median home value	$203,400	$258,600
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,354
Housing units	381	295
Homeownership rate	50.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Bethel	Portland
Population	—	600 → 695 (+15.8%)
Median household income	—	$56,750 → $71,667 (+26.3%)
Median home value	—	$180,700 → $258,600 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,085 → $1,354 (+24.8%)

Mount Bethel

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)

	Mount Bethel	Portland
Under 5	9.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	4.6%
75 and over	2.7%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Bethel	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	71.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Bethel	Portland
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Bethel	Portland
Drove alone	85.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Bethel	Portland
1-unit, detached	57.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Bethel	Portland
Poverty rate	27.1%	21.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938