Claremont vs Newport

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

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

Claremont has the higher population (13,054 vs 5,185 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($75,849 vs $54,520 in Claremont). Newport has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $171,900 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Newport
Population	13,054	5,185
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,520	$75,849
Median home value	$171,900	$191,000
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,261
Housing units	5,715	2,253
Homeownership rate	57.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Newport
Population	12,977 → 13,054 (+0.6%)	5,240 → 5,185 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$47,649 → $54,520 (+14.4%)	$53,987 → $75,849 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $171,900 (+28.8%)	$138,600 → $191,000 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,077 (+9.7%)	$882 → $1,261 (+43.0%)

Claremont

Population

12,97713,054

Median household income

$47,649$54,520

Median home value

$133,500$171,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,077

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)

	Claremont	Newport
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.1%
75 and over	5.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Newport
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Newport
Drove alone	77.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.2%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.3%
Other means	1.6%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Newport
1-unit, detached	48.3%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	13.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Newport
Poverty rate	15.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1956	1956