Photo: Webb_Herkimer_NY.png: Schzmo *derivative work: Liesel · Public domainNewport has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Newport report 63 jobs; 213 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Newport; the top destination outside it is Utica (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newport and work: the main findings
Newport is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Newport, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newport has about 400 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Newport are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Newport for work, and who comes in
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Newport: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from Newport work
Where Newport clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
68% of the jobs in Newport pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 63. 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.
How many miles Newport commutes
About 23% 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.
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?
$86,750 (±$8,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport?
9.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (10%, 12 mi), New Hartford (8%, 16 mi), Newport (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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.