Moving to Portland, New York
Population: 5,502. Estimated population in July 2024: 5,297 (-3.7% change)
Males: 3,214 (58.4%), Females: 2,288 (41.6%)
Zip code: 14769
Demographics
Median resident age: 32.8 years
Median household income: $30,909
Median house value: $61,200
Population by Race
Races in Portland:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.6%)
- Black (12.1%)
- Hispanic (8.6%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (23.1%), English (11.7%), Italian (11.6%), Irish (11.0%), Polish (8.5%), Swedish (5.1%).
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Portland
- High school or higher: 66.4%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 9.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Portland town
- Never married: 34.8%
- Now married: 49.6%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 7.2%
5.3% Foreign born (4.1% Latin America, 0.8% Europe).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Portland:
- CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY)
- CORTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; CORTLAND, NY)
- SCHUYLER HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MONTOUR FALLS, NY)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Portland:
- ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; Abbreviation: ITH)
- ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 36 miles; ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; Abbreviation: ELM)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 45 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; Abbreviation: BGM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Portland:
- GRUND FIELD (about 8 miles; ITHACA, NY; Abbreviation: 5N3)
- OVID (about 20 miles; OVID, NY; Abbreviation: D82)
- CORTLAND COUNTY-CHASE FIELD (about 23 miles; CORTLAND, NY; Abbreviation: N03)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Portland:
- ITHACA COLLEGE (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,052)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; Full-time enrollment: 12,036)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; Full-time enrollment: 7,413)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND (about 24 miles; CORTLAND, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,187)
- ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 5,132)
- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 15,859)
- CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; CORNING, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,797)