Newport is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 6,426 people and two associated neighborhoods, Newport is the 56th largest community in New Hampshire.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Newport is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newport is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newport who work in sales jobs (13.23%), office and administrative support (11.01%), and healthcare (7.15%). Of important note, Newport is also a town of artists. Newport has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Newport’s character. Also of interest is that Newport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town 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.The percentage of people in Newport who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.36% of adults in Newport have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Newport in 2022 was $35,988, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,952 for a family of four. However, Newport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Newport include English, French, Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Newport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
