Bellefonte vs Newport

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

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

Bellefonte has the higher population (1,507 vs 1,209 in Newport). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $59,833 in Newport). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $230,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Newport
Population	1,507	1,209
Median age	41.9 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$59,833
Median home value	$275,200	$230,900
Median gross rent	$1,531	$1,143
Housing units	660	416
Homeownership rate	66.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Newport
Population	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)	1,182 → 1,209 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)	$36,071 → $59,833 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)	$210,800 → $230,900 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,531 (+42.0%)	$1,017 → $1,143 (+12.4%)

Bellefonte

Population

1,1731,507

Median household income

$79,063$86,667

Median home value

$226,300$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,531

Newport

Population

1,1821,209

Median household income

$36,071$59,833

Median home value

$210,800$230,900

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Newport
Under 5	8.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	18.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.1%
75 and over	3.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	43.3%
Black or African American	17.9%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Newport
No high school diploma	1.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Newport
Drove alone	67.4%	63.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	20.1%
Public transit	0.5%	8.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Newport
1-unit, detached	81.4%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	32.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Newport
Poverty rate	6.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1940	1958