Newport vs Parrottsville

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

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

Newport has the higher population (6,881 vs 349 in Parrottsville). Parrottsville has the higher median household income ($49,438 vs $40,096 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($124,300 vs $121,600 in Parrottsville).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Parrottsville
Population	6,881	349
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,096	$49,438
Median home value	$124,300	$121,600
Median gross rent	$780	$800
Housing units	3,606	155
Homeownership rate	48.6%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Parrottsville
Population	6,848 → 6,881 (+0.5%)	279 → 349 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$24,124 → $40,096 (+66.2%)	$33,487 → $49,438 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$90,100 → $124,300 (+38.0%)	$62,500 → $121,600 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $780 (+61.2%)	$625 → $800 (+28.0%)

Newport

Population

6,8486,881

Median household income

$24,124$40,096

Median home value

$90,100$124,300

Median gross rent

$484$780

Parrottsville

Population

279349

Median household income

$33,487$49,438

Median home value

$62,500$121,600

Median gross rent

$625$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Parrottsville
Under 5	9.6%	12.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.9%
75 and over	7.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Parrottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Parrottsville
No high school diploma	16.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Parrottsville
Drove alone	78.8%	93.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Parrottsville
1-unit, detached	61.0%	30.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.0%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Parrottsville
Poverty rate	27.9%	27.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1973	1997