It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Newport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Newport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Newport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Newport may be for you.
One of the benefits of Newport is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.01 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Newport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Newport is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.34% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Newport in 2022 was $17,139, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,556 for a family of four. However, Newport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Newport also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Newport is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Newport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newport include German, Irish, English, African, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Newport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
