Beaufort vs Newport

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

Beaufort and Newport are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaufort has the higher population (4,613 vs 4,428 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($76,091 vs $48,111 in Beaufort). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $245,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Newport
Population	4,613	4,428
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,111	$76,091
Median home value	$319,700	$245,300
Median gross rent	$862	$784
Housing units	3,112	1,901
Homeownership rate	48.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Newport
Population	4,343 → 4,613 (+6.2%)	4,606 → 4,428 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$40,926 → $48,111 (+17.6%)	$58,438 → $76,091 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $319,700 (+39.1%)	$146,000 → $245,300 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $862 (+20.6%)	$916 → $784 (-14.4%)

Beaufort

Population

4,3434,613

Median household income

$40,926$48,111

Median home value

$229,900$319,700

Median gross rent

$715$862

Newport

Population

4,6064,428

Median household income

$58,438$76,091

Median home value

$146,000$245,300

Median gross rent

$916$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Newport
Under 5	2.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.4%
75 and over	12.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	73.9%
Black or African American	11.5%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Newport
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Newport
Drove alone	75.9%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Newport
1-unit, detached	60.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	6.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Newport
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.9%
Average household size	1.83	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1983	1990