Dexter vs Newport

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

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

Dexter has the higher population (1,840 vs 1,469 in Newport). Dexter has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $42,740 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $153,200 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Newport
Population	1,840	1,469
Median age	51.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$42,740
Median home value	$153,200	$162,800
Median gross rent	$883	$896
Housing units	1,154	936
Homeownership rate	53.2%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Newport
Population	2,124 → 1,840 (-13.4%)	1,766 → 1,469 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$38,448 → $51,667 (+34.4%)	$30,257 → $42,740 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $153,200 (+59.6%)	$147,500 → $162,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$723 → $896 (+23.9%)

Dexter

Population

2,1241,840

Median household income

$38,448$51,667

Median home value

$96,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$779$883

Newport

Population

1,7661,469

Median household income

$30,257$42,740

Median home value

$147,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$723$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Newport
Under 5	1.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	20.7%	22.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	14.9%
75 and over	15.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Newport
No high school diploma	12.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Newport
Drove alone	84.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Newport
1-unit, detached	58.7%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Newport
Poverty rate	21.6%	18.7%
Average household size	1.96	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1947	1967