NewportOH
This town of 1,180 people was settled in 1815.
Is Newport a good place to live?
The best of Newport’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and a B+ for incomes; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 15 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Newport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Newport grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Newport is from typical.
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1,180 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Newport.
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, more of Newport’s adults have obesity
For adults in Newport, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 40%. Newport: 42% of adults have high blood pressure, against 38% in Ohio’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns.
| Newport | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Newport | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.8% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Newport stands out in Ohio and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Of the losses FEMA expects in Newport, 91% come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Newport’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 3% work in town. Among residents here, 1.6% live below the poverty line. Employers in Newport shed 20 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 93. The typical journey to work for Newport comes to 29 minutes.
| Newport | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Newport
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Newport
Campus Martius Museum and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newport. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumCampus Martius Museum
13 mi MuseumOhio River Museum
13 mi MuseumThe Castle
25 mi MuseumBeauchamp-Newman HousePhoto credits
Campus Martius Museum: Snoopywv, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ohio River Museum: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Castle: Chrispainter1966, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Beauchamp-Newman House: mjswisher79, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Newport: who provides what
Newport is unincorporated, so Washington County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Newport has shrunk 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,003 counted in 2010 and 895 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newport
College town 15 of every 100 Newport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Questions about Newport
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Newport, OH expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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