Newport vs St. Bernice

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

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

St. Bernice has the higher population (585 vs 283 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $43,788 in St. Bernice). St. Bernice has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $58,800 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	St. Bernice
Population	283	585
Median age	49.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$43,788
Median home value	$58,800	$83,100
Median gross rent	$569	—
Housing units	189	284
Homeownership rate	85.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	St. Bernice
Population	375 → 283 (-24.5%)	463 → 585 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $46,667 (-3.6%)	$43,393 → $43,788 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$54,100 → $58,800 (+8.7%)	$43,300 → $83,100 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$900 → $866 (-3.8%)

Newport

Population

375283

Median household income

$48,393$46,667

Median home value

$54,100$58,800

St. Bernice

Population

463585

Median household income

$43,393$43,788

Median home value

$43,300$83,100

Median gross rent

$900$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	St. Bernice
Under 5	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	28.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	20.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	1.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	20.5%
75 and over	11.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	St. Bernice
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	97.1%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	St. Bernice
No high school diploma	3.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	St. Bernice
Drove alone	88.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	St. Bernice
1-unit, detached	88.9%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Newport	St. Bernice
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.3%
Average household size	1.77	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1946	1973