Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Newport trail those of 73% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Newport itself; outside it, Bangor draws the most (19%, 21 miles). 12.6% of residents are in poverty; Maine has 10.7%. For jobs and income Newport is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Newport’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Newport’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,365, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newport could be anywhere from D to B.
Newport by day and by night
On a workday 1,105 residents head out to work, 229 work right here, and 1,426 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Newport ends
Where Newport clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The 1,655 jobs based in Newport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 1,336 → 1,655. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Newport: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,216 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Newport
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Newport commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,426 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.9% of Newport households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Newport ranks: 3,286th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 784 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 940 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,016 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,284 | East Bronson FL | 2,649 | $52K | 30.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,285 | Glenwood MN | 2,631 | $42K | 18.4% | 0.0% | 37% | C |
| 3,286 | Newport ME | 3,192 | $60K | 12.6% | 4.0% | 17% | C |
| 3,287 | Searsport ME | 2,737 | $64K | 14.6% | 3.2% | 12% | C |
| 3,288 | O'Neill NE | 3,567 | $57K | 18.5% | 0.5% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Newport, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
How Newport compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Corinna (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Newport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Newport: questions
What is the median household income in Newport?
$60,365 (±$12,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport?
12.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (19%, 21 mi), Pittsfield (6%, 12 mi), Augusta (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newport walkable?
Newport is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.