With 2,605 people, West Portsmouth is a city in Ohio. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 46.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. That trails the Ohio median by roughly 42%. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $115,500. 2% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $41,695, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 63%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West Portsmouth
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate32.4% → 13.1%(−19.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population3,551 → 2,605(−27%)US over the same years: +35%
Median age33.5 → 46.6(+13.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
West Portsmouth's population equals 3.6% of Scioto County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 6.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.1%(17)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.8%(43)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era52.7%(127)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 241 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West Portsmouth, decade by decade
West Portsmouth population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,551
$38,658
$74,642
3.9%
5.6
2000
3,458
$50,402
$71,045
5.1%
7.4
2010
3,149
$49,116
$83,725
5.2%
10.0
2020
2,928
$48,987
$83,509
8.3%
14.1
2024
2,605
$41,695
$115,500
11.3%
11.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
