Newport vs Riverview

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

Newport and Riverview 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 2,215 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($131,158 vs $107,143 in Newport). Riverview has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $310,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Riverview
Population	4,142	2,215
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,143	$131,158
Median home value	$310,300	$484,800
Median gross rent	—	$677
Housing units	1,702	789
Homeownership rate	96.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Riverview
Population	4,602 → 4,142 (-10.0%)	1,112 → 2,215 (+99.2%)
Median household income	$72,941 → $107,143 (+46.9%)	$110,500 → $131,158 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $310,300 (+50.9%)	$388,900 → $484,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,159 (+3.5%)	$884 → $677 (-23.4%)

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

Riverview

Population

1,1122,215

Median household income

$110,500$131,158

Median home value

$388,900$484,800

Median gross rent

$884$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Riverview
Under 5	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	21.1%	32.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.4%
75 and over	9.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	71.3%
Black or African American	22.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Riverview
No high school diploma	3.9%	19.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Riverview
Drove alone	77.3%	56.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Riverview
1-unit, detached	87.4%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Riverview
Poverty rate	12.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1991	1997