Newport vs Tuckerman

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

Newport and Tuckerman 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 1,382 in Tuckerman). Tuckerman has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $32,693 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $82,200 in Tuckerman).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Tuckerman
Population	8,019	1,382
Median age	39.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,693	$42,500
Median home value	$132,200	$82,200
Median gross rent	$605	$731
Housing units	3,013	731
Homeownership rate	49.6%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Tuckerman
Population	7,616 → 8,019 (+5.3%)	2,035 → 1,382 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$30,398 → $32,693 (+7.5%)	$39,427 → $42,500 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $132,200 (+82.3%)	$71,400 → $82,200 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $605 (+0.8%)	$607 → $731 (+20.4%)

Newport

Population

7,6168,019

Median household income

$30,398$32,693

Median home value

$72,500$132,200

Median gross rent

$600$605

Tuckerman

Population

2,0351,382

Median household income

$39,427$42,500

Median home value

$71,400$82,200

Median gross rent

$607$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Tuckerman
Under 5	3.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.4%
75 and over	7.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Tuckerman
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	24.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Tuckerman
No high school diploma	18.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	41.8%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Tuckerman
Drove alone	83.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Tuckerman
1-unit, detached	77.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Tuckerman
Poverty rate	29.3%	15.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1970	1972