Hendersonville vs Portland

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

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

Hendersonville has the higher population (62,390 vs 13,325 in Portland). Hendersonville has the higher median household income ($91,503 vs $72,380 in Portland). Hendersonville has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $256,400 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Hendersonville	Portland
Population	62,390	13,325
Median age	40.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,503	$72,380
Median home value	$396,500	$256,400
Median gross rent	$1,552	$1,100
Housing units	26,328	5,190
Homeownership rate	71.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendersonville	Portland
Population	57,083 → 62,390 (+9.3%)	12,729 → 13,325 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$72,539 → $91,503 (+26.1%)	$55,722 → $72,380 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$266,100 → $396,500 (+49.0%)	$144,500 → $256,400 (+77.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,552 (+32.3%)	$850 → $1,100 (+29.4%)

Hendersonville

Population

57,08362,390

Median household income

$72,539$91,503

Median home value

$266,100$396,500

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,552

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)

	Hendersonville	Portland
Under 5	5.1%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendersonville	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendersonville	Portland
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.4%
High school graduate	21.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendersonville	Portland
Drove alone	75.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.9%	8.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendersonville	Portland
1-unit, detached	73.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Hendersonville	Portland
Poverty rate	6.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1989	1995