Alexandria vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (14,039 vs 10,430 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $58,422 in Newport). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $221,100 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Newport
Population	10,430	14,039
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$58,422
Median home value	$253,400	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,062	$994
Housing units	3,882	7,883
Homeownership rate	94.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Newport
Population	9,425 → 10,430 (+10.7%)	15,123 → 14,039 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$81,159 → $103,750 (+27.8%)	$37,435 → $58,422 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $253,400 (+41.0%)	$144,000 → $221,100 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,062 (+22.5%)	$737 → $994 (+34.9%)

Alexandria

Population

9,42510,430

Median household income

$81,159$103,750

Median home value

$179,700$253,400

Median gross rent

$867$1,062

Newport

Population

15,12314,039

Median household income

$37,435$58,422

Median home value

$144,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$737$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Newport
Under 5	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Newport
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	28.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Newport
Drove alone	78.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.8%	18.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Newport
1-unit, detached	87.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Newport
Poverty rate	6.4%	17.7%
Average household size	2.77	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1994	1947