Dr. John and Viola Phillips House and Office · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Newport’s household incomes are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Newport are D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 29.1% of residents, where Washington as a whole has 9.9%. 10% of workers work from home; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Newport apart on work
Newport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Newport is Spokane, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (75) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Newport are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Newport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Newport is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Newport’s grade.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Newport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Newport could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Newport’s workers travel
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Newport, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 688 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Newport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 657 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Newport on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Newport ends
Where Newport clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Newport
1,062 jobs are based in Newport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport, 2014 → 2024: 1,165 → 1,062. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Newport: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newport is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. 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 768 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). 15.2% of Newport households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Newport sits among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,958 | Yanceyville NC | 1,850 | $28K | 38.3% | 1.8% | 8% | D− |
| 4,959 | Waynesboro TN | 2,319 | $41K | 26.7% | 9.9% | 28% | D− |
| 4,960 | Newport WA | 2,242 | $51K | 29.1% | 6.5% | 17% | D− |
| 4,961 | Richgrove CA | 1,960 | $45K | 32.8% | 11.6% | 1% | D− |
| 4,962 | York AL | 2,233 | $30K | 39.5% | 4.3% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Washington.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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?
$51,122 (±$13,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport?
29.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spokane (10%, 39 mi), Spokane Valley (5%, 36 mi), Priest River (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Newport walkable?
Newport is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% 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), 2024, 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.