Photo: Becherka · Public domainAt 7.3%, unemployment in Newport is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 19.6 in Portland. The two grades for Newport are D for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. About two in five stay in Newport for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (7%, 93 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Newport: the figures worth knowing
Newport is where the jobs are
Newport has 6,558 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Newport are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How Newport earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newport is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #131 of 142 in Oregon. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Newport’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newport could be anywhere from D to C.
Who leaves Newport for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,421 residents head out to work, 1,857 work right here, and 4,701 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Newport: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,683 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Newport’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% 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.
Where Newport’s workforce comes from
Where Newport clocks in
4% 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.
Jobs in Newport: what the 6,558 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 6,322 → 6,558. 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Newport
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newport is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #27 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Newport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,172 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 86% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Newport households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Newport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newport and other U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,671 | Rawlins WY | 7,745 | $65K | 15.4% | 7.0% | 49% | D |
| 2,672 | La Grande OR | 12,985 | $58K | 20.9% | 6.1% | 50% | D |
| 2,673 | Newport OR | 10,383 | $61K | 16.2% | 7.3% | 43% | D |
| 2,674 | Rock Falls IL | 8,521 | $50K | 25.6% | 6.6% | 10% | D |
| 2,675 | Corbin KY | 7,911 | $51K | 26.0% | 7.2% | 26% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Oregon.
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?
$60,568 (±$7,678) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport?
16.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (7%, 93 mi), Salem (4%, 54 mi), Lincoln City (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newport walkable?
Newport is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newport without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.