Metaline Falls vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (2,269 vs 288 in Metaline Falls). Newport has the higher median household income ($41,733 vs $40,179 in Metaline Falls). Metaline Falls has the higher median home value ($291,700 vs $230,500 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Metaline Falls	Newport
Population	288	2,269
Median age	58.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$41,733
Median home value	$291,700	$230,500
Median gross rent	$673	$548
Housing units	205	979
Homeownership rate	42.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metaline Falls	Newport
Population	208 → 288 (+38.5%)	2,071 → 2,269 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $40,179 (+69.2%)	$33,494 → $41,733 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $291,700 (+123.4%)	$154,600 → $230,500 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $673 (+30.7%)	$656 → $548 (-16.5%)

Metaline Falls

Population

208288

Median household income

$23,750$40,179

Median home value

$130,600$291,700

Median gross rent

$515$673

Newport

Population

2,0712,269

Median household income

$33,494$41,733

Median home value

$154,600$230,500

Median gross rent

$656$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metaline Falls	Newport
Under 5	2.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	16.2%
25 to 34	2.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	25.7%	10.6%
75 and over	11.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metaline Falls	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	10.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metaline Falls	Newport
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metaline Falls	Newport
Drove alone	62.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	17.3%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metaline Falls	Newport
1-unit, detached	55.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	20.1%
20 or more units	25.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Metaline Falls	Newport
Poverty rate	5.9%	26.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1938	1978