Newport vs Patten

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

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

Newport has the higher population (1,469 vs 502 in Patten). Newport has the higher median household income ($42,740 vs $42,000 in Patten). Newport has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $65,400 in Patten).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Patten
Population	1,469	502
Median age	50.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,740	$42,000
Median home value	$162,800	$65,400
Median gross rent	$896	$329
Housing units	936	288
Homeownership rate	60.5%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Patten
Population	1,766 → 1,469 (-16.8%)	437 → 502 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$30,257 → $42,740 (+41.3%)	$30,000 → $42,000 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $162,800 (+10.4%)	$52,500 → $65,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $896 (+23.9%)	$334 → $329 (-1.5%)

Newport

Population

1,7661,469

Median household income

$30,257$42,740

Median home value

$147,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$723$896

Patten

Population

437502

Median household income

$30,000$42,000

Median home value

$52,500$65,400

Median gross rent

$334$329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Patten
Under 5	3.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	1.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	22.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Patten
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Patten
No high school diploma	14.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Patten
Drove alone	64.1%	60.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Patten
1-unit, detached	52.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Patten
Poverty rate	18.7%	31.9%
Average household size	1.90	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1967	1955