Newport vs Swifton

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

Newport and Swifton 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 1,082 in Swifton). Swifton has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $32,693 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $73,500 in Swifton).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Swifton
Population	8,019	1,082
Median age	39.0 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,693	$46,250
Median home value	$132,200	$73,500
Median gross rent	$605	$531
Housing units	3,013	391
Homeownership rate	49.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Swifton
Population	7,616 → 8,019 (+5.3%)	942 → 1,082 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$30,398 → $32,693 (+7.5%)	$38,200 → $46,250 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $132,200 (+82.3%)	$54,000 → $73,500 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $605 (+0.8%)	$473 → $531 (+12.3%)

Newport

Population

7,6168,019

Median household income

$30,398$32,693

Median home value

$72,500$132,200

Median gross rent

$600$605

Swifton

Population

9421,082

Median household income

$38,200$46,250

Median home value

$54,000$73,500

Median gross rent

$473$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Swifton
Under 5	3.7%	10.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Swifton
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	24.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Swifton
No high school diploma	18.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	41.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Swifton
Drove alone	83.2%	91.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Swifton
1-unit, detached	77.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Swifton
Poverty rate	29.3%	34.3%
Average household size	2.20	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1970	1981