Portland vs Sinton

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

Portland and Sinton 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 5,513 in Sinton). Portland has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $44,753 in Sinton). Portland has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $109,300 in Sinton).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Sinton
Population	20,369	5,513
Median age	35.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,944	$44,753
Median home value	$226,900	$109,300
Median gross rent	$1,492	$831
Housing units	8,483	2,171
Homeownership rate	63.6%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Sinton
Population	17,025 → 20,369 (+19.6%)	5,504 → 5,513 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$76,123 → $81,944 (+7.6%)	$30,048 → $44,753 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $226,900 (+35.5%)	$50,200 → $109,300 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,492 (+19.4%)	$583 → $831 (+42.5%)

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

Sinton

Population

5,5045,513

Median household income

$30,048$44,753

Median home value

$50,200$109,300

Median gross rent

$583$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Sinton
Under 5	7.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	15.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Sinton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	15.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	79.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Sinton
No high school diploma	7.9%	26.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Sinton
Drove alone	85.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Sinton
1-unit, detached	74.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Sinton
Poverty rate	8.6%	23.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1985	1974