Newport vs Plainfield

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

Newport and Plainfield 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 237 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($105,750 vs $75,849 in Newport). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($353,600 vs $191,000 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Plainfield
Population	5,185	237
Median age	42.5 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,849	$105,750
Median home value	$191,000	$353,600
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,721
Housing units	2,253	79
Homeownership rate	62.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Plainfield
Population	5,240 → 5,185 (-1.0%)	249 → 237 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$53,987 → $75,849 (+40.5%)	$85,278 → $105,750 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$138,600 → $191,000 (+37.8%)	$213,600 → $353,600 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,261 (+43.0%)	$1,567 → $1,721 (+9.8%)

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

Plainfield

Population

249237

Median household income

$85,278$105,750

Median home value

$213,600$353,600

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Plainfield
Under 5	5.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.0%
75 and over	9.2%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.2%
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	5.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Plainfield
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Plainfield
Drove alone	72.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.4%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	66.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	20.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Plainfield
Poverty rate	12.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1956	1952