Newport vs Tega Cay

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

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

Tega Cay has the higher population (13,267 vs 4,142 in Newport). Tega Cay has the higher median household income ($141,037 vs $107,143 in Newport). Tega Cay has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $310,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Tega Cay
Population	4,142	13,267
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,143	$141,037
Median home value	$310,300	$494,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,307
Housing units	1,702	4,862
Homeownership rate	96.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Tega Cay
Population	4,602 → 4,142 (-10.0%)	10,412 → 13,267 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$72,941 → $107,143 (+46.9%)	$130,918 → $141,037 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $310,300 (+50.9%)	$331,100 → $494,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,159 (+3.5%)	$1,453 → $1,307 (-10.0%)

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

Tega Cay

Population

10,41213,267

Median household income

$130,918$141,037

Median home value

$331,100$494,500

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Tega Cay
Under 5	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	21.1%	22.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.6%
75 and over	9.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Tega Cay
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	69.3%
Black or African American	22.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Tega Cay
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Tega Cay
Drove alone	77.3%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	25.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Tega Cay
1-unit, detached	87.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Tega Cay
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1991	2006