Newport vs Perrysville

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

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

Perrysville has the higher population (601 vs 283 in Newport). Perrysville has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $46,667 in Newport). Perrysville has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $58,800 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Perrysville
Population	283	601
Median age	49.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$77,500
Median home value	$58,800	$95,000
Median gross rent	$569	$805
Housing units	189	278
Homeownership rate	85.0%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Perrysville
Population	375 → 283 (-24.5%)	497 → 601 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $46,667 (-3.6%)	$45,903 → $77,500 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$54,100 → $58,800 (+8.7%)	$70,500 → $95,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$657 → $805 (+22.5%)

Newport

Population

375283

Median household income

$48,393$46,667

Median home value

$54,100$58,800

Perrysville

Population

497601

Median household income

$45,903$77,500

Median home value

$70,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$657$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Perrysville
Under 5	1.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.5%
75 and over	11.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Perrysville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Perrysville
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Perrysville
Drove alone	88.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Perrysville
1-unit, detached	88.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Perrysville
Poverty rate	9.5%	17.1%
Average household size	1.77	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1946	1950