Newport vs Veazie

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

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

Veazie has the higher population (1,866 vs 1,469 in Newport). Veazie has the higher median household income ($78,182 vs $42,740 in Newport). Veazie has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $162,800 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Veazie
Population	1,469	1,866
Median age	50.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,740	$78,182
Median home value	$162,800	$294,600
Median gross rent	$896	$1,103
Housing units	936	805
Homeownership rate	60.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Veazie
Population	1,766 → 1,469 (-16.8%)	1,900 → 1,866 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$30,257 → $42,740 (+41.3%)	$60,982 → $78,182 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $162,800 (+10.4%)	$158,600 → $294,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $896 (+23.9%)	$1,004 → $1,103 (+9.9%)

Newport

Population

1,7661,469

Median household income

$30,257$42,740

Median home value

$147,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$723$896

Veazie

Population

1,9001,866

Median household income

$60,982$78,182

Median home value

$158,600$294,600

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Veazie
Under 5	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.5%
75 and over	6.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Veazie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Veazie
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Veazie
Drove alone	64.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Veazie
1-unit, detached	52.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Veazie
Poverty rate	18.7%	3.3%
Average household size	1.90	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1967	1980