Newport vs Oak Park Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Newport and Oak Park Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Newport and Oak Park Heights are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Park Heights has the higher population (4,782 vs 4,460 in Newport). Oak Park Heights has the higher median household income ($84,639 vs $63,365 in Newport). Oak Park Heights has the higher median home value ($333,600 vs $331,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
Population	4,460	4,782
Median age	37.6 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,365	$84,639
Median home value	$331,300	$333,600
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,428
Housing units	2,001	2,428
Homeownership rate	67.6%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
Population	3,532 → 4,460 (+26.3%)	4,889 → 4,782 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $63,365 (+7.1%)	$61,181 → $84,639 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$216,300 → $331,300 (+53.2%)	$245,400 → $333,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $1,080 (+19.9%)	$1,641 → $1,428 (-13.0%)

Newport

Population

3,5324,460

Median household income

$59,167$63,365

Median home value

$216,300$331,300

Median gross rent

$901$1,080

Oak Park Heights

Population

4,8894,782

Median household income

$61,181$84,639

Median home value

$245,400$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,641$1,428

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	16.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.1%
75 and over	8.6%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	82.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	9.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
Drove alone	66.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	14.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
1-unit, detached	64.7%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	6.1%
20 or more units	12.5%	42.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Oak Park Heights
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.22	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1975	1988