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Newport, ME

1,730 Population
3.5 square miles 492 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,627 ±$4,782 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $37,915 ±$990
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,127 ±$7,762 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $66,356 ±$1,898
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±5.9% (318  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±12.5 (13,960  ±4,539) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

858 ±139 Number of households
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 65,221 ±625
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,727  ±303) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±14.3% (38  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

998 ±158 Number of housing units
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 75,683 ±107
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,700 ±$39,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $214,100 ±$4,463
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±6.2% (132  ±107.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±0.5% (1,240  ±228.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±6.1% (215  ±96) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.3% (21  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 3.4% 5,190
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.5% (77  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±40 70 Male ±36 7 Female ±13

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