Lincoln City vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (10,393 vs 9,890 in Lincoln City). Newport has the higher median household income ($57,213 vs $56,322 in Lincoln City). Newport has the higher median home value ($404,800 vs $374,400 in Lincoln City).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln City	Newport
Population	9,890	10,393
Median age	49.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,322	$57,213
Median home value	$374,400	$404,800
Median gross rent	$1,326	$1,153
Housing units	7,023	5,779
Homeownership rate	59.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln City	Newport
Population	8,826 → 9,890 (+12.1%)	10,559 → 10,393 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$39,344 → $56,322 (+43.2%)	$49,039 → $57,213 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$246,300 → $374,400 (+52.0%)	$258,000 → $404,800 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,326 (+42.1%)	$896 → $1,153 (+28.7%)

Lincoln City

Population

8,8269,890

Median household income

$39,344$56,322

Median home value

$246,300$374,400

Median gross rent

$933$1,326

Newport

Population

10,55910,393

Median household income

$49,039$57,213

Median home value

$258,000$404,800

Median gross rent

$896$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln City	Newport
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.7%
75 and over	8.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln City	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.6%
Asian	3.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln City	Newport
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln City	Newport
Drove alone	65.1%	69.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	4.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.6%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln City	Newport
1-unit, detached	70.0%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln City	Newport
Poverty rate	14.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1984	1978