Newport vs Townsend

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

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

Townsend has the higher population (2,792 vs 1,209 in Newport). Townsend has the higher median household income ($153,083 vs $59,833 in Newport). Townsend has the higher median home value ($433,400 vs $230,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Townsend
Population	1,209	2,792
Median age	27.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,833	$153,083
Median home value	$230,900	$433,400
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,208
Housing units	416	797
Homeownership rate	42.5%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Townsend
Population	1,182 → 1,209 (+2.3%)	2,434 → 2,792 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$36,071 → $59,833 (+65.9%)	$119,417 → $153,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $230,900 (+9.5%)	$331,500 → $433,400 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,143 (+12.4%)	$1,591 → $1,208 (-24.1%)

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

Townsend

Population

2,4342,792

Median household income

$119,417$153,083

Median home value

$331,500$433,400

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Townsend
Under 5	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	25.1%
18 to 24	18.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	24.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	3.4%
75 and over	3.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	38.0%
Black or African American	24.2%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Townsend
No high school diploma	22.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	42.1%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Townsend
Drove alone	63.2%	57.1%
Carpooled	20.1%	6.5%
Public transit	8.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	28.0%
Other means	3.9%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Townsend
1-unit, detached	46.6%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.6%
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	Townsend
Poverty rate	10.3%	1.9%
Average household size	2.92	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1958	2006