Metaline vs Newport

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

Metaline 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 133 in Metaline). Metaline has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $41,733 in Newport). Metaline has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $230,500 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Metaline	Newport
Population	133	2,269
Median age	57.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$41,733
Median home value	$255,000	$230,500
Median gross rent	—	$548
Housing units	80	979
Homeownership rate	87.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metaline	Newport
Population	105 → 133 (+26.7%)	2,071 → 2,269 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $60,625 (-4.9%)	$33,494 → $41,733 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $255,000 (+48.3%)	$154,600 → $230,500 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$656 → $548 (-16.5%)

Metaline

Population

105133

Median household income

$63,750$60,625

Median home value

$171,900$255,000

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	Newport
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	6.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	16.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	1.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	24.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	24.8%	10.6%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metaline	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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%	2.6%
Two or more races	12.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metaline	Newport
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metaline	Newport
Drove alone	74.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metaline	Newport
1-unit, detached	76.3%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Metaline	Newport
Poverty rate	18.0%	26.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	10	26
Median year structure built	1959	1978