Portland vs Walnut Grove

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

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

Portland has the higher population (13,325 vs 576 in Walnut Grove). Walnut Grove has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $72,380 in Portland). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($476,400 vs $256,400 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Walnut Grove
Population	13,325	576
Median age	33.7 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,380	$123,063
Median home value	$256,400	$476,400
Median gross rent	$1,100	—
Housing units	5,190	290
Homeownership rate	63.5%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Walnut Grove
Population	12,729 → 13,325 (+4.7%)	925 → 576 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$55,722 → $72,380 (+29.9%)	$61,786 → $123,063 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $256,400 (+77.4%)	$181,000 → $476,400 (+163.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,100 (+29.4%)	—

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

Walnut Grove

Population

925576

Median household income

$61,786$123,063

Median home value

$181,000$476,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Walnut Grove
Under 5	9.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	25.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.8%
75 and over	3.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	79.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	71.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	12.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1995	1993