Newport vs Universal

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

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

Newport has the higher population (283 vs 273 in Universal). Universal has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $46,667 in Newport). Universal has the higher median home value ($70,500 vs $58,800 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Universal
Population	283	273
Median age	49.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$63,250
Median home value	$58,800	$70,500
Median gross rent	$569	$575
Housing units	189	127
Homeownership rate	85.0%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Universal
Population	375 → 283 (-24.5%)	325 → 273 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $46,667 (-3.6%)	$47,500 → $63,250 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$54,100 → $58,800 (+8.7%)	$56,100 → $70,500 (+25.7%)

Newport

Population

375283

Median household income

$48,393$46,667

Median home value

$54,100$58,800

Universal

Population

325273

Median household income

$47,500$63,250

Median home value

$56,100$70,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Universal
Under 5	1.4%	12.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	8.8%
75 and over	11.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Universal
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	93.8%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Universal
No high school diploma	3.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Universal
Drove alone	88.2%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Universal
1-unit, detached	88.9%	96.1%
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%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Universal
Poverty rate	9.5%	14.7%
Average household size	1.77	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1946	1951