Newport vs Orleans

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

Newport and Orleans 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 848 in Orleans). Orleans has the higher median household income ($57,604 vs $48,194 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $156,300 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Orleans
Population	4,413	848
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,194	$57,604
Median home value	$179,000	$156,300
Median gross rent	$849	$757
Housing units	2,368	436
Homeownership rate	57.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Orleans
Population	4,305 → 4,413 (+2.5%)	1,103 → 848 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $48,194 (+28.5%)	$47,188 → $57,604 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $179,000 (+52.1%)	$106,100 → $156,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $849 (+4.6%)	$763 → $757 (-0.8%)

Newport

Population

4,3054,413

Median household income

$37,500$48,194

Median home value

$117,700$179,000

Median gross rent

$812$849

Orleans

Population

1,103848

Median household income

$47,188$57,604

Median home value

$106,100$156,300

Median gross rent

$763$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport	Orleans
Under 5	1.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.6%
75 and over	11.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Orleans
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Orleans
Drove alone	68.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	8.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Orleans
1-unit, detached	58.6%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Orleans
Poverty rate	21.6%	11.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	10	27
Median year structure built	1960	1938