Belpre vs Newport

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

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

Belpre has the higher population (6,668 vs 1,231 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($89,883 vs $50,930 in Belpre). Newport has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $148,300 in Belpre).

Population, income & housing

	Belpre	Newport
Population	6,668	1,231
Median age	45.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,930	$89,883
Median home value	$148,300	$211,200
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	3,329	597
Homeownership rate	61.5%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belpre	Newport
Population	6,421 → 6,668 (+3.8%)	949 → 1,231 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$45,307 → $50,930 (+12.4%)	$67,036 → $89,883 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $148,300 (+31.5%)	$163,900 → $211,200 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $818 (+16.0%)	$545 → $688 (+26.2%)

Belpre

Population

6,4216,668

Median household income

$45,307$50,930

Median home value

$112,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$705$818

Newport

Population

9491,231

Median household income

$67,036$89,883

Median home value

$163,900$211,200

Median gross rent

$545$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belpre	Newport
Under 5	2.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	15.7%	6.4%
75 and over	8.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belpre	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belpre	Newport
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belpre	Newport
Drove alone	82.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belpre	Newport
1-unit, detached	70.9%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Belpre	Newport
Poverty rate	16.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1967	1981