Charlestown vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (5,185 vs 879 in Charlestown). Newport has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $92,500 in Charlestown). Since 2019, Newport's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Newport
Population	879	5,185
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,849
Median home value	$92,500	$191,000
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,261
Housing units	569	2,253
Homeownership rate	58.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Newport
Population	1,065 → 879 (-17.5%)	5,240 → 5,185 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$75,778 → $72,540 (-4.3%)	$53,987 → $75,849 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $92,500 (-28.9%)	$138,600 → $191,000 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,147 (+18.4%)	$882 → $1,261 (+43.0%)

Charlestown

Population

1,065879

Median household income

$75,778$72,540

Median home value

$130,100$92,500

Median gross rent

$969$1,147

Newport

Population

5,2405,185

Median household income

$53,987$75,849

Median home value

$138,600$191,000

Median gross rent

$882$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Newport
Under 5	8.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	19.0%	13.1%
75 and over	3.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Newport
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	40.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Newport
Drove alone	56.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	24.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	13.9%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Newport
1-unit, detached	65.7%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Newport
Poverty rate	32.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1956