Grubbs vs Newport

A side-by-side comparison of Grubbs and Newport: population, income, housing, and more.

Grubbs and Newport are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newport has the higher population (8,019 vs 363 in Grubbs). Grubbs has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $32,693 in Newport). Since 2019, Newport's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Grubbs	Newport
Population	363	8,019
Median age	63.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$32,693
Median home value	—	$132,200
Median gross rent	—	$605
Housing units	161	3,013
Homeownership rate	79.4%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grubbs	Newport
Population	400 → 363 (-9.3%)	7,616 → 8,019 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$32,143 → $75,625 (+135.3%)	$30,398 → $32,693 (+7.5%)
Median home value	—	$72,500 → $132,200 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $675 (+24.1%)	$600 → $605 (+0.8%)

Grubbs

Population

400363

Median household income

$32,143$75,625

Median gross rent

$544$675

Newport

Population

7,6168,019

Median household income

$30,398$32,693

Median home value

$72,500$132,200

Median gross rent

$600$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grubbs	Newport
Under 5	0.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	1.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	23.1%	18.5%
45 to 54	3.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	40.2%	9.5%
75 and over	6.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grubbs	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	61.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grubbs	Newport
No high school diploma	10.9%	18.4%
High school graduate	70.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grubbs	Newport
Drove alone	96.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grubbs	Newport
1-unit, detached	62.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Grubbs	Newport
Poverty rate	13.5%	29.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1975	1970