City safety & data profile

PortlandTN

Portland, TN is a 12K-resident city in Sumner County with a median household income of $72,647.

Sumner County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Portland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Portland has a population larger than 14% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $282,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 15%
By size
$72,647
Median income (place)
$282,200
Median home (place)
11.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Portland

Portland posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 41%
by median income, US cities

Where Portland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,647 Bottom 40% higher than 40% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Portland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Portland, TN beyond the headline numbers

Portland sits inside Sumner County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.58°N, -86.52°W. Population 12,323, $72,647 median household income. Median home value $282,200, median rent $1,141. Poverty rate 11.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Portland, TN stands at 11.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Portland costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.1% of Portland workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.9% in Portland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Portland workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Portland's median age is 34.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Portland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,323
Portland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,647
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$282,200
-32% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sumner County): Portland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
204K+25%
Median Income
$90,301+63%
Median Home Value
$393,100+123%
Poverty Rate
8.8%-15%
Unemployment
3.6%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Portland, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,141/mo
Poverty Rate
11.2% -10% vs avg
Unemployment 4.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.1%
Work From Home 7.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 91.2%
African American 2.4%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
43.6%
Short Sleep Duration
39.7%
High Blood Pressure
36.9%
Physical Inactivity
28.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
22.1%
Current Smoking
20.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.3%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.7%
Diabetes
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.3%
Annual Checkup 75.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.7%
Stroke
3.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Portland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Portland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TN-PORTLAND-TN · Portland

Portland: 3 tagged alerts; lead category EPA air-quality advisory.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • AQ-LED 33% air quality
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · EPA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Portland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Portland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Portland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Portland, TN? ▼
Portland, TN has a population of 12,323 people, located in Sumner County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Portland? ▼
The median household income in Portland, TN is $72,647 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.2%.
What is the median home value in Portland? ▼
The median home value in Portland, TN is $282,200. Median rent is $1,141/month.
What are the top health concerns in Portland? ▼
The top health indicators in Portland include Obesity (43.6%), Short Sleep Duration (39.7%), High Blood Pressure (36.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Portland? ▼
The median age in Portland, TN is 34.8 years. 15.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Portland, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (11.2% here).

San Francisco, CA 11.2% Denver, CO 11.2% Manchester, NH 11.2% Davie, FL 11.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($72,647 here).

Palm Bay, FL $72,614 Excelsior Springs, MO $72,609 Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 Pine Hill, NJ $72,588

Compare Portland with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

White House, TN 11K Gallatin, TN 34K Hendersonville, TN 56K Goodlettsville, TN 17K Springfield, TN 17K Mount Juliet, TN 32K Hermitage, TN 38K Bowling Green, KY 64K
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Using Portland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Portland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Portland against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sumner County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.