Lesslie vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (4,142 vs 3,202 in Lesslie). Newport has the higher median household income ($107,143 vs $86,500 in Lesslie). Newport has the higher median home value ($310,300 vs $240,300 in Lesslie).

Population, income & housing

	Lesslie	Newport
Population	3,202	4,142
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$107,143
Median home value	$240,300	$310,300
Housing units	1,152	1,702
Homeownership rate	93.5%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesslie	Newport
Population	3,013 → 3,202 (+6.3%)	4,602 → 4,142 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$70,265 → $86,500 (+23.1%)	$72,941 → $107,143 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $240,300 (+38.7%)	$205,600 → $310,300 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $985 (+3.7%)	$1,120 → $1,159 (+3.5%)

Lesslie

Population

3,0133,202

Median household income

$70,265$86,500

Median home value

$173,200$240,300

Median gross rent

$950$985

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)

	Lesslie	Newport
Under 5	2.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.6%
75 and over	3.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesslie	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	65.1%
Black or African American	14.5%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesslie	Newport
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesslie	Newport
Drove alone	85.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	18.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesslie	Newport
1-unit, detached	81.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Lesslie	Newport
Poverty rate	4.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1994	1991