Cedar Point vs Newport

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

Cedar Point 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 2,005 in Cedar Point). Cedar Point has the higher median household income ($91,853 vs $76,091 in Newport). Cedar Point has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $245,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Point	Newport
Population	2,005	4,428
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,853	$76,091
Median home value	$421,400	$245,300
Median gross rent	$1,341	$784
Housing units	1,172	1,901
Homeownership rate	84.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Point	Newport
Population	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)	4,606 → 4,428 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)	$58,438 → $76,091 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)	$146,000 → $245,300 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)	$916 → $784 (-14.4%)

Cedar Point

Population

1,8742,005

Median household income

$78,646$91,853

Median home value

$322,600$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,341

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)

	Cedar Point	Newport
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	18.1%	10.4%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Point	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Point	Newport
No high school diploma	2.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	21.1%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Point	Newport
Drove alone	83.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Point	Newport
1-unit, detached	68.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Point	Newport
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2001	1990