Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety59#6,425/15,637
Economy8#14,368/15,631
Housing29#10,614/14,977
Health25#11,691/15,609
Healthcare70#4,768/15,650
Environment82#2,742/15,453
Education90#1,639/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,271/15,650
Community50#7,876/15,651
Leisure & amenities89#1,730/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Newport, Vermont ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Orleans County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low9.5×
99/100Vermont 11.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOrleans County value
Public libraries · high5.1 /10k
99/100Vermont 2.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOrleans County value
Hot days · low1 days
98/100Vermont 2 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOrleans County value
Grocery stores · high3.6 /10k
97/100Vermont 3.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOrleans County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.0 µg/m³
96/100Vermont 5.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOrleans County value
High school diploma or higher · high91.1%
96/100Vermont 94.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.5%
0/100Vermont 21.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOrleans County value
Child care cost burden · high48.7%
1/100Vermont 50.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrleans County value
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Vermont 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOrleans County value
Flu vaccinations · low29.0%
7/100Vermont 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrleans County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.02%
7/100Vermont 1.51%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Injury deaths · high136 /100k
7/100Vermont 105 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrleans County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateWorsening
11.6% (2015-2019) → 39.0% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.3% (2015-2019) → 48.2% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
38.8% (2015-2019) → 29.2% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,500 (2015-2019) → $54,646 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.0% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Newport, Vermont improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++7.6 points17.5% → 25.1%
Household income+46%$37,500 → $54,646
Broadband+8.7 points80.0% → 88.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Newport, Vermont between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	14.5 min2020-2024	−5.7 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	53%
Effective property tax rate	2.08%2015-2019	2.02%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4692020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$37,5002015-2019	$54,6462020-2024	+46%	Improved	81%
Poverty rate	15.4%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Rent as share of income	38.8%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent-burdened households	58.3%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Newport, Vermont five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Newport, Vermont in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Newport, Vermont itself moved +14.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,394 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,394 residents (±19)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

White91%3,984
Black1.8%†80
Hispanic or Latino0.2%†8
Asian0.3%†15
American Indian and Alaska Native1.7%†76
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.3%†231

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (−1.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

3,395 residents (±158)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

No high school diploma9.0%†304
High school or GED41%1,396
Some college17%†572
Associate degree8.0%†270
Bachelor's degree16%541
Graduate degree9.2%†312

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,031 households (±127)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $25k21%†436
$25k–50k23%†470
$50k–75k20%412
$75k–100k15%†314
$100k–150k10%†210
$150k–200k6.3%†128
$200k or more3.0%†61

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,031 households (±127)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Own58%1,169
Rent42%862

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

862 households (±167)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $75037%†316
$750–1,00038%†325
$1,000–1,50025%†215

Home values

1,169 homes (±159)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $150k26%†302
$150k–250k57%665
$250k–400k10%†117

Age of homes

2,368 homes (±164)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

2010 or later5.8%†138
2000–20093.3%†77
1980–199921%493

Size of homes

2,368 homes (±164)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Studio2.6%†62
1 bedroom15%†366
2 bedrooms30%715

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,700 workers (±206)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Drive alone68%1,152
Carpool9.4%†160
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†40
Bike2.6%†45
Work from home17%†286
Other1.0%†17

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,414 workers (±225)

Newport, Vermont
Vermont share

Under 15 min61%867
15–29 min31%†440
30–44 min2.1%†30

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Orleans County, the county holding most of Newport's residents.

Orleans County has 782 employer establishments, 282 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Vermont's), with 8,184 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,110. The Census Bureau also counts 2,733 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 782; 2,733 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 282; US 248 · Vermont 322
Paid employees: 8,184
Average annual pay: $45,110; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Orleans County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	89	32.1	2.08×More than typical	424	$69,998	309
Ambulatory health care services	42	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	736	$65,822	115
Construction of buildings	39	14.1	1.86×More than typical	107	$60,561	143
Restaurants and other eating places	39	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	460	$24,393	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	32	11.6	1.71×More than typical	55	$52,364	196
Landscaping services	28	10.1	2.89×More than typical	38	$62,342	81
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	9.8	1.94×More than typical	107	$48,084	74
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	25	9	2.87×More than typical	81	$108,309	46
Building equipment contractors	23	8.3	1.38×More than typical	231	$61,619	39
Full-service restaurants	23	8.3	1.08×About typical	328	$23,662	4
Truck transportation	23	8.3	1.64×More than typical	117	$60,188	51
Other specialty trade contractors	22	7.9	3.17×More than typical	50	$69,660	87

Rank places for an industry Open Orleans County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,684 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $40.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Newport, Vermont: $9.18 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $40.3K; −72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.18; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 10.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of State$36.3K90%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$4,02510.0%

Top recipients

TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES, LLC$24K60%
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$12.3K30%
GALVION LTD$4,02510.0%
GALVION BALLISTICS LTD$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

18.8KFY2017
18.2KFY2018
2KFY2019
56.4KFY2020
23.5KFY2021
38.6KFY2022
6.8KFY2023
53.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$28.1K70%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$12.3K30%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Newport, Vermont, so they do not add up across cities.

Newport, Vermont's figures are part of those of Orleans County, VT ($4.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Newport is mostly in Orleans County.

See federal money in Orleans County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Newport, Vermont is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Becca BalintD-VT · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Orleans County73100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Orleans County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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