Albany vs Newport Center

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

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

Newport Center has the higher population (207 vs 161 in Albany). Albany has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $131,500 in Newport Center). Since 2019, Albany's population has grown faster (-9.6% vs -23.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Newport Center
Population	161	207
Median age	42.9 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	—
Median home value	$187,500	$131,500
Median gross rent	—	$786
Housing units	73	141
Homeownership rate	100.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Newport Center
Population	178 → 161 (-9.6%)	271 → 207 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $96,250 (+45.3%)	—
Median home value	$120,200 → $187,500 (+56.0%)	$141,700 → $131,500 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,035 → $786 (-24.1%)

Albany

Population

178161

Median household income

$66,250$96,250

Median home value

$120,200$187,500

Newport Center

Population

271207

Median home value

$141,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$1,035$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Newport Center
Under 5	6.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	29.0%
25 to 34	1.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.3%	2.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	15.9%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Newport Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	98.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Newport Center
No high school diploma	9.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Newport Center
Drove alone	90.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Newport Center
1-unit, detached	86.3%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	37.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Newport Center
Poverty rate	3.1%	34.3%
Average household size	2.78	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1938	1956