Gallatin vs Portland

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

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

Gallatin has the higher population (46,667 vs 13,325 in Portland). Gallatin has the higher median household income ($73,589 vs $72,380 in Portland). Gallatin has the higher median home value ($343,700 vs $256,400 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin	Portland
Population	46,667	13,325
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,589	$72,380
Median home value	$343,700	$256,400
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,100
Housing units	19,689	5,190
Homeownership rate	58.2%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin	Portland
Population	38,156 → 46,667 (+22.3%)	12,729 → 13,325 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$59,745 → $73,589 (+23.2%)	$55,722 → $72,380 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $343,700 (+54.3%)	$144,500 → $256,400 (+77.4%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,299 (+35.0%)	$850 → $1,100 (+29.4%)

Gallatin

Population

38,15646,667

Median household income

$59,745$73,589

Median home value

$222,800$343,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,299

Portland

Population

12,72913,325

Median household income

$55,722$72,380

Median home value

$144,500$256,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin	Portland
Under 5	5.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.4%
75 and over	7.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	16.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin	Portland
No high school diploma	10.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin	Portland
Drove alone	74.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin	Portland
1-unit, detached	59.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	10.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin	Portland
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2002	1995