Almost no one in Newport’s labor force is looking for work
Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers; South Carolina has 12%. For jobs and income Newport is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Newport stands out on work
A lot of Newport workers cross into North Carolina
23% of Newport workers work outside South Carolina, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Charlotte (20%), Gastonia (1%) and Pineville (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Newport and Rock Hill trade workers both ways
Rock Hill is the top workplace for Newport residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Newport come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Newport are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Newport empties out on a workday
About 2,600 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than the 4,100 who live here: 2,200 head out to work and 680 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Newport’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Newport’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newport could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
27% of working residents work in Rock Hill
Where Newport clocks in
27% of workers
20% 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.
What the 720 jobs in Newport are
720 jobs are based in Newport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 688 → 720. 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.
A workday in Newport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,247 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Time on the road from Newport: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,898 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% 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.
Half of Newport commutes less than 12 miles
About 16% 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.
In Newport, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,308 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Newport households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Newport ranks: 734th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 507 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 732 | Hopewell Township PA | 5,600 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 733 | Baxter Village SC | 4,542 | $152K | 9.2% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 734 | Newport SC | 4,121 | $110K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 735 | Apison TN | 4,271 | $129K | 12.4% | 1.0% | 6% | A− |
| 736 | Adairsville GA | 5,101 | $103K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 South Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Newport’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Rock Hill. 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?
$110,417 (±$15,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport?
14.1%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Hill (27%, 5 mi), Charlotte (20%, 20 mi), Fort Mill (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newport walkable?
Newport is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% 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.