Lake Wylie vs Newport

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

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

Lake Wylie has the higher population (15,177 vs 4,142 in Newport). Lake Wylie has the higher median household income ($112,113 vs $107,143 in Newport). Lake Wylie has the higher median home value ($464,200 vs $310,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wylie	Newport
Population	15,177	4,142
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,113	$107,143
Median home value	$464,200	$310,300
Median gross rent	$1,517	—
Housing units	6,153	1,702
Homeownership rate	77.5%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wylie	Newport
Population	12,885 → 15,177 (+17.8%)	4,602 → 4,142 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$99,335 → $112,113 (+12.9%)	$72,941 → $107,143 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$322,200 → $464,200 (+44.1%)	$205,600 → $310,300 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,517 (+31.2%)	$1,120 → $1,159 (+3.5%)

Lake Wylie

Population

12,88515,177

Median household income

$99,335$112,113

Median home value

$322,200$464,200

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,517

Newport

Population

4,6024,142

Median household income

$72,941$107,143

Median home value

$205,600$310,300

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wylie	Newport
Under 5	6.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	4.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wylie	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	65.1%
Black or African American	10.2%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wylie	Newport
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wylie	Newport
Drove alone	71.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	18.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wylie	Newport
1-unit, detached	69.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wylie	Newport
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	2006	1991