Portland vs Taft

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

Portland and Taft 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 2,847 in Taft). Portland has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $67,431 in Taft). Portland has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $124,200 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Taft
Population	20,369	2,847
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,944	$67,431
Median home value	$226,900	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,492	$980
Housing units	8,483	1,131
Homeownership rate	63.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Taft
Population	17,025 → 20,369 (+19.6%)	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$76,123 → $81,944 (+7.6%)	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $226,900 (+35.5%)	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,492 (+19.4%)	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)

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

Taft

Population

2,9452,847

Median household income

$35,147$67,431

Median home value

$69,900$124,200

Median gross rent

$790$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Taft
Under 5	7.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	27.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.5%
75 and over	6.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	24.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Taft
No high school diploma	7.9%	22.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Taft
Drove alone	85.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.5%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Taft
1-unit, detached	74.1%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Taft
Poverty rate	8.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.77	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1985	1962