Derby Center vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (4,413 vs 684 in Derby Center). Derby Center has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $48,194 in Newport). Derby Center has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $179,000 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Derby Center	Newport
Population	684	4,413
Median age	52.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$48,194
Median home value	$203,800	$179,000
Median gross rent	$1,096	$849
Housing units	341	2,368
Homeownership rate	48.7%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby Center	Newport
Population	565 → 684 (+21.1%)	4,305 → 4,413 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$37,891 → $55,625 (+46.8%)	$37,500 → $48,194 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $203,800 (+24.9%)	$117,700 → $179,000 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,096 (+24.5%)	$812 → $849 (+4.6%)

Derby Center

Population

565684

Median household income

$37,891$55,625

Median home value

$163,200$203,800

Median gross rent

$880$1,096

Newport

Population

4,3054,413

Median household income

$37,500$48,194

Median home value

$117,700$179,000

Median gross rent

$812$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby Center	Newport
Under 5	1.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	2.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	21.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.9%
75 and over	9.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby Center	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby Center	Newport
No high school diploma	12.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	51.6%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby Center	Newport
Drove alone	86.5%	68.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	9.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby Center	Newport
1-unit, detached	59.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	27.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Derby Center	Newport
Poverty rate	14.7%	21.6%
Average household size	2.13	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1973	1960