Newport vs Waldport

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

Newport and Waldport 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 2,025 in Waldport). Newport has the higher median household income ($57,213 vs $50,000 in Waldport). Newport has the higher median home value ($404,800 vs $318,400 in Waldport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Waldport
Population	10,393	2,025
Median age	50.3 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,213	$50,000
Median home value	$404,800	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,153	$938
Housing units	5,779	1,291
Homeownership rate	57.8%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Waldport
Population	10,559 → 10,393 (-1.6%)	2,055 → 2,025 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$49,039 → $57,213 (+16.7%)	$47,971 → $50,000 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $404,800 (+56.9%)	$214,900 → $318,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,153 (+28.7%)	$787 → $938 (+19.2%)

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

Waldport

Population

2,0552,025

Median household income

$47,971$50,000

Median home value

$214,900$318,400

Median gross rent

$787$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Waldport
Under 5	4.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	7.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	3.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	24.0%
65 to 74	17.7%	27.4%
75 and over	11.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Waldport
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Waldport
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Waldport
Drove alone	69.4%	68.2%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	17.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Waldport
1-unit, detached	51.3%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Waldport
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.11	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1978	1983