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Newport city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Newport city is a Census city of 8,024 people across 13.55 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $34,764, 55.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m.
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Newport
What Newport is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.55 sq mi
- Water area0.25 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land592
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
How many people live in Newport
- Population8,024
- Median age38.8
- Population under 181,441
- Share under 1818.0 percent
- Population 65 and over1,488
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent
- Households2,477
- Family households1,477
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
Income and work in Newport
- Median household income$34,764 plus or minus $7,315
- Per capita income$17,139
- Civilian labor force2,331
- Employed2,128
- Unemployed203 plus or minus 121
- Unemployment rate8.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over5,876
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
Housing in Newport
- Housing units2,936
- Occupied units2,477
- Vacant units459 plus or minus 148
- Vacancy rate15.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied1,365
- Renter occupied1,112
- Ownership rate55.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$162,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$597
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units2,359
- Share single family80.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more573 plus or minus 186
- Share in buildings of two or more19.5 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
How Newport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,996
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,412 plus or minus 288
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more266 plus or minus 104
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Worked from home0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
SBA 7(a) lending to Newport borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,017,000
- Average approval$403,400
- Median approval$30,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,785,000
- Largest approval$1,785,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval3.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jackson County, not Newport
Jackson County context, not Newport figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Newport measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County310
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County3,609
- Covered employment, Jackson County5,130
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$49,233
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$947
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County7
- Of those, single family, Jackson County7
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$988,026,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County-6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$32,953
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Newport. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Newport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Newport, Arkansas?
8,024, in 2,477 households. Newport city covers 13.55 square miles of land, which is 592 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Newport in?
Jackson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Newport?
$34,764. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $162,600. Median gross rent is $597 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Newport businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.0 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $30,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Newport, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Newport borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Newport. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Newport figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Newport.
Is zoning published for Newport?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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