Aransas Pass vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (20,369 vs 8,807 in Aransas Pass). Portland has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $59,359 in Aransas Pass). Portland has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $212,100 in Aransas Pass).

Population, income & housing

	Aransas Pass	Portland
Population	8,807	20,369
Median age	42.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,359	$81,944
Median home value	$212,100	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,492
Housing units	4,890	8,483
Homeownership rate	61.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aransas Pass	Portland
Population	8,088 → 8,807 (+8.9%)	17,025 → 20,369 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$43,728 → $59,359 (+35.7%)	$76,123 → $81,944 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $212,100 (+87.9%)	$167,400 → $226,900 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,146 (+29.8%)	$1,250 → $1,492 (+19.4%)

Aransas Pass

Population

8,0888,807

Median household income

$43,728$59,359

Median home value

$112,900$212,100

Median gross rent

$883$1,146

Portland

Population

17,02520,369

Median household income

$76,123$81,944

Median home value

$167,400$226,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aransas Pass	Portland
Under 5	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.7%
75 and over	9.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aransas Pass	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	44.3%	50.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	46.1%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aransas Pass	Portland
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	44.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aransas Pass	Portland
Drove alone	76.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.2%
Other means	5.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aransas Pass	Portland
1-unit, detached	58.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Aransas Pass	Portland
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1985