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Portsmouth city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Portsmouth city is a Census city of 17,728 people across 10.73 square miles of land, in Scioto County. Median household income is $34,713, 48.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Portsmouth
What Portsmouth is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.73 sq mi
- Water area0.35 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,652
- County holding the largest share of its areaScioto 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.
Portsmouth
How many people live in Portsmouth
- Population17,728
- Median age39.0
- Population under 183,565
- Share under 1820.1 percent
- Population 65 and over3,344
- Share 65 and over18.9 percent
- Households7,334
- Family households3,921
- Share of households that are families53.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portsmouth
Income and work in Portsmouth
- Median household income$34,713
- Per capita income$26,847
- Civilian labor force6,693
- Employed6,141
- Unemployed552 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over12,042
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portsmouth
Housing in Portsmouth
- Housing units8,466
- Occupied units7,334
- Vacant units1,132 plus or minus 274
- Vacancy rate13.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied3,531
- Renter occupied3,803
- Ownership rate48.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$103,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$747
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.8 percent
- Single family units5,978
- Share single family70.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,433
- Share in buildings of two or more28.7 percent
- Mobile homes55 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portsmouth
How Portsmouth gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,784
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,195
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,343 plus or minus 294
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Drove alone76.6 percent
- Carpooled12.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked4.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Portsmouth
SBA loans in Portsmouth (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$6,788,500
- Average approval$522,192
- Median approval$225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,350,000
- Largest approval$2,313,000
- Jobs supported169
- Jobs per approval13.0
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more38.5 percent
- Share to franchises30.8 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portsmouth
SBA loans in Portsmouth (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,702,000
- Average approval$851,000
- Median approval$1,147,000
- Largest approval$1,147,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portsmouth
Flood risk in Portsmouth
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390498
- Currently effective map date06/19/20
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Scioto County, not Portsmouth
Scioto County context, not Portsmouth figures
These are Scioto County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Portsmouth measurements.
- Establishments in Scioto County1,240
- Employment at those establishments, Scioto County19,524
- Covered employment, Scioto County25,148
- Average annual pay, Scioto County$49,418
- Average weekly wage, Scioto County$950
- Housing units permitted, Scioto County8
- Of those, single family, Scioto County8
- County product, 2024, Scioto County$3,481,631,000
- County product change over the prior year, Scioto County0.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Scioto County$39,472
Every figure in this section is published for Scioto County as a whole and is not a measurement of Portsmouth. 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.
- 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
Portsmouth questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Portsmouth, Ohio?
17,728, in 7,334 households. Portsmouth city covers 10.73 square miles of land, which is 1,652 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Portsmouth in?
Scioto 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 Portsmouth?
$34,713. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $103,300. Median gross rent is $747 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Portsmouth businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $225,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Portsmouth, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Portsmouth borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Portsmouth. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Portsmouth in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Portsmouth appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390498, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Portsmouth figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Scioto 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 Portsmouth.
Is zoning published for Portsmouth?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.