Newport vs Old Forge

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

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

Newport has the higher population (481 vs 359 in Old Forge). Newport has the higher median household income ($82,955 vs $70,313 in Old Forge). Old Forge has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $137,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Old Forge
Population	481	359
Median age	46.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,955	$70,313
Median home value	$137,900	$332,200
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	262	598
Homeownership rate	64.4%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Old Forge
Population	516 → 481 (-6.8%)	479 → 359 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$42,847 → $82,955 (+93.6%)	$47,222 → $70,313 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $137,900 (+37.4%)	$182,200 → $332,200 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $728 (+82.0%)	—

Newport

Population

516481

Median household income

$42,847$82,955

Median home value

$100,400$137,900

Median gross rent

$400$728

Old Forge

Population

479359

Median household income

$47,222$70,313

Median home value

$182,200$332,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Old Forge
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	7.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	22.6%
45 to 54	20.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	21.7%
75 and over	4.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Old Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
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	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Old Forge
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Old Forge
Drove alone	75.3%	60.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	39.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Old Forge
1-unit, detached	59.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Old Forge
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1938	1945