Newport vs St. Georges

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

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

St. Georges has the higher population (1,564 vs 1,209 in Newport). St. Georges has the higher median household income ($146,944 vs $59,833 in Newport). St. Georges has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $230,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	St. Georges
Population	1,209	1,564
Median age	27.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,833	$146,944
Median home value	$230,900	$474,500
Median gross rent	$1,143	—
Housing units	416	575
Homeownership rate	42.5%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	St. Georges
Population	1,182 → 1,209 (+2.3%)	767 → 1,564 (+103.9%)
Median household income	$36,071 → $59,833 (+65.9%)	$102,321 → $146,944 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $230,900 (+9.5%)	$302,500 → $474,500 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,143 (+12.4%)	—

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

St. Georges

Population

7671,564

Median household income

$102,321$146,944

Median home value

$302,500$474,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	St. Georges
Under 5	6.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	18.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	3.6%
75 and over	3.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	St. Georges
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	49.3%
Black or African American	24.2%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	St. Georges
No high school diploma	22.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	42.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	St. Georges
Drove alone	63.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	20.1%	0.1%
Public transit	8.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.9%	18.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	St. Georges
1-unit, detached	46.6%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newport	St. Georges
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.4%
Average household size	2.92	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	21	41
Median year structure built	1958	2001