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Portland city, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Portland city is a Census city of 68,854 people across 21.54 square miles of land, in Cumberland County. Median household income is $79,540, 46.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 210 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $52.0 m.
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Portland
What Portland is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.54 sq mi
- Water area47.9 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,197
- County holding the largest share of its areaCumberland County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portland
How many people live in Portland
- Population68,854
- Median age37.8
- Population under 1810,576
- Share under 1815.4 percent
- Population 65 and over11,616
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent
- Households32,965
- Family households14,150
- Share of households that are families42.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portland
Income and work in Portland
- Median household income$79,540
- Per capita income$52,781
- Civilian labor force42,094
- Employed40,324
- Unemployed1,770 plus or minus 444
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over52,291
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher59.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree24.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portland
Housing in Portland
- Housing units36,559
- Occupied units32,965
- Vacant units3,594
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent
- Owner occupied15,445
- Renter occupied17,520
- Ownership rate46.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$489,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,577
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.8 percent
- Single family units14,835
- Share single family40.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more21,637
- Share in buildings of two or more59.2 percent
- Mobile homes87 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portland
How Portland gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,965
- Commuting under 15 minutes12,848
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,469
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.3 percent
- Drove alone53.9 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport2.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked11.0 percent
- Worked from home24.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portland
SBA 7(a) lending to Portland borrowers
- Approvals210
- Gross approval$51,996,400
- Average approval$247,602
- Median approval$135,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$615,000
- Largest approval$3,100,000
- Jobs supported2,565
- Jobs per approval12.2
- Loans with a final outcome45
- Paid in full44
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more1.9 percent
- Share to franchises4.3 percent
- Distinct lenders27
- Distinct industries by NAICS90
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portland
SBA 504 lending to Portland borrowers
- Approvals91
- Gross approval$54,099,000
- Average approval$594,495
- Median approval$357,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported749
- Loans with a final outcome27
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.7 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cumberland County, not Portland
Cumberland County context, not Portland figures
These are Cumberland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Portland measurements.
- Establishments in Cumberland County12,242
- Employment at those establishments, Cumberland County190,022
- Covered employment, Cumberland County192,475
- Average annual pay, Cumberland County$71,351
- Average weekly wage, Cumberland County$1,372
- Housing units permitted, Cumberland County1,385
- Of those, single family, Cumberland County798
- County product, 2024, Cumberland County$34,616,097,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cumberland County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cumberland County$98,777
Every figure in this section is published for Cumberland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Portland. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Portland questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Portland, Maine?
68,854, in 32,965 households. Portland city covers 21.54 square miles of land, which is 3,197 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Portland in?
Cumberland County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Portland?
$79,540. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $489,600. Median gross rent is $1,577 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Portland businesses?
210 7(a) approvals totalling $52.0 m, across 27 lenders, median approval $135,000, plus 91 504 approvals worth $54.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Portland, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Portland borrowers get paid back?
Of the 45 loans that have reached a final outcome, 44 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 2.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Portland figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cumberland County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Portland.
Is zoning published for Portland?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.