Dana vs Newport

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

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

Dana has the higher population (650 vs 283 in Newport). Dana has the higher median household income ($53,005 vs $46,667 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($58,800 vs $53,900 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Newport
Population	650	283
Median age	33.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,005	$46,667
Median home value	$53,900	$58,800
Median gross rent	$759	$569
Housing units	363	189
Homeownership rate	79.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Newport
Population	586 → 650 (+10.9%)	375 → 283 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $53,005 (+9.7%)	$48,393 → $46,667 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $53,900 (-4.8%)	$54,100 → $58,800 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $759 (+12.6%)	—

Dana

Population

586650

Median household income

$48,333$53,005

Median home value

$56,600$53,900

Median gross rent

$674$759

Newport

Population

375283

Median household income

$48,393$46,667

Median home value

$54,100$58,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Newport
Under 5	5.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.8%
75 and over	6.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Newport
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	54.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Newport
Drove alone	96.1%	88.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Newport
1-unit, detached	82.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Newport
Poverty rate	15.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.13	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1938	1946