Broad Creek vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (4,428 vs 1,963 in Broad Creek). Newport has the higher median household income ($76,091 vs $57,545 in Broad Creek). Newport has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Creek	Newport
Population	1,963	4,428
Median age	51.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,545	$76,091
Median home value	$226,000	$245,300
Median gross rent	$747	$784
Housing units	1,088	1,901
Homeownership rate	82.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Creek	Newport
Population	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)	4,606 → 4,428 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)	$58,438 → $76,091 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)	$146,000 → $245,300 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)	$916 → $784 (-14.4%)

Broad Creek

Population

2,5481,963

Median household income

$53,696$57,545

Median home value

$157,100$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$747

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)

	Broad Creek	Newport
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Creek	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Creek	Newport
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Creek	Newport
Drove alone	88.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Creek	Newport
1-unit, detached	64.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Broad Creek	Newport
Poverty rate	11.2%	9.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1993	1990