Mathis vs Portland

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

Mathis 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 4,322 in Mathis). Portland has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $31,090 in Mathis). Portland has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $74,600 in Mathis).

Population, income & housing

	Mathis	Portland
Population	4,322	20,369
Median age	35.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,090	$81,944
Median home value	$74,600	$226,900
Median gross rent	$570	$1,492
Housing units	1,961	8,483
Homeownership rate	63.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mathis	Portland
Population	4,826 → 4,322 (-10.4%)	17,025 → 20,369 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$31,818 → $31,090 (-2.3%)	$76,123 → $81,944 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $74,600 (+51.6%)	$167,400 → $226,900 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $570 (-15.9%)	$1,250 → $1,492 (+19.4%)

Mathis

Population

4,8264,322

Median household income

$31,818$31,090

Median home value

$49,200$74,600

Median gross rent

$678$570

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)

	Mathis	Portland
Under 5	4.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.7%
75 and over	9.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mathis	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	50.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	80.5%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mathis	Portland
No high school diploma	36.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mathis	Portland
Drove alone	81.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mathis	Portland
1-unit, detached	76.3%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Mathis	Portland
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1971	1985