The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Newport has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Newport a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Newport is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.64 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.
In Newport, just 10.22% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Newport in 2022 was $17,097, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,388 for a family of four.
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, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Newport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
