Newport vs Odessa

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

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

Newport has the higher population (1,209 vs 392 in Odessa). Odessa has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $59,833 in Newport). Odessa has the higher median home value ($355,000 vs $230,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Odessa
Population	1,209	392
Median age	27.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,833	$86,875
Median home value	$230,900	$355,000
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,344
Housing units	416	179
Homeownership rate	42.5%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Odessa
Population	1,182 → 1,209 (+2.3%)	511 → 392 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$36,071 → $59,833 (+65.9%)	$73,594 → $86,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $230,900 (+9.5%)	$276,600 → $355,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,143 (+12.4%)	$1,232 → $1,344 (+9.1%)

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

Odessa

Population

511392

Median household income

$73,594$86,875

Median home value

$276,600$355,000

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Odessa
Under 5	6.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	26.5%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	16.8%
75 and over	3.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	70.4%
Black or African American	24.2%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Odessa
No high school diploma	22.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Odessa
Drove alone	63.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	20.1%	1.7%
Public transit	8.1%	1.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	17.3%
Other means	3.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Odessa
1-unit, detached	46.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	32.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Odessa
Poverty rate	10.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.92	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1958	1945