Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety27#672/924
Economy23#708/925
Housing21#735/925
Health43#531/925
Healthcare47#491/923
Environment100#1/917
Education64#335/925
Infrastructure79#191/925
Community89#104/925
Leisure & amenities92#73/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Newport, OR micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high25.7 /10k
99/100Oregon 12.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
98/100Oregon 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high20.5 /10k
97/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · high94.3%
96/100Oregon 88.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Hot days · low2 days
94/100Oregon 16 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high584 /100k
92/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Oregon 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · high6.5×
5/100Oregon 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · high6.0%
6/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Oregon 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Depression · high29.2%
7/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high27.5 /100k
9/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
63% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−44 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 2 days (2016-2025)
+150%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
7.9 /1k (2020) → 13.9 /1k (2025)
+77%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
2,215 /100k (2020) → 1,197 /100k (2025)
−46%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
85.2% (2010 & 2021) → 94.3% (2022 & 2024)
+9.1 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, OR micropolitan area improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−5.1 points11.1% → 6.0%
Real income+39%$45,862 → $63,781
New businesses+77%7.9 /1k → 13.9 /1k
Gyms+25%0.8 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Household income+32%$47,882 → $63,165

Declined9

Firearm deaths+86%12.7 /100k → 23.6 /100k
Homicides+83%2.4 /100k → 4.4 /100k
Libraries−15%1.4 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Price / income+1.3×5.2× → 6.5×
Commute+3.3 min18.8 min → 22.1 min

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Newport, OR micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.7 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	−7.1%	Declined	17%
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Declined	4%
Average weekly wage	$8152020	$1,0212025	+25%	Improved	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	73%
Broadband subscriptions	82.4%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	46%
Child poverty rate	24.9%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Distance to an airport	57 mi2020	57 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.4 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−19%	Improved	43%
Effective property tax rate	1.00%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	83%
Firearm deaths	12.7 /100k2020	23.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+86%	Declined	3%
Grocery stores	3.8 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−5.5%	Declined	33%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	75%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	5.2×2015-2019	6.5×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	6%
Homicide rate	2.4 /100k2020	4.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+83%	Declined	2%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,8622019	$63,7812024	+39%	Improved	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4622020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$47,8822015-2019	$63,1652020-2024	+32%	Improved	75%
New business applications	7.9 /1k2020	13.9 /1k2025	+77%	Improved	85%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−40%	Declined	3%
Poverty rate	16.3%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Property crime rate	2,215 /100k2020	1,197 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	79%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.2 /10k2024	−15%	Declined	6%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	50.6%2015-2019	50.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Restaurants and bars	25.1 /10k2020	25.7 /10k2025	+2.1%	Little change	55%
Suicide rate	27.7 /100k2020	27.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.7%	Little change	63%
Traffic deaths	20.6 /100k2015-2019	24.8 /100k2020-2024	+21%	Declined	28%
Unemployment rate	11.1%2020	6.0%2025	−5.1 points	Improved	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.9%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Violent crime rate	298 /100k2020	249 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Newport, OR micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Newport, OR micropolitan area 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, OR micropolitan area itself moved −3.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

50,964 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

23,115 households (±555)

Newport, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k18%4,093
$25k–50k20%4,650
$50k–75k21%4,872

Homes

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

Owners and renters

23,115 households (±555)

Newport, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Own72%16,534
Rent28%6,581

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

19,351 workers (±746)

Newport, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone71%13,663
Carpool11%2,062
Public transit0.5%†100

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Newport, OR micropolitan area.

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.

Newport, OR has 1,613 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248), with 14,839 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,494. The Census Bureau also counts 3,927 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,613; 3,927 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248
Paid employees: 14,839
Average annual pay: $44,494; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	188	37	2.01×More than typical	2,401	$32,897	18
Full-service restaurants	114	22.4	2.92×More than typical	1,769	$35,629	9
Construction of buildings	110	21.6	2.86×More than typical	321	$48,969	146
Lessors of real estate	84	16.5	1.34×More than typical	573	$37,187	445
Traveler accommodation	81	15.9	8.83×More than typical	1,621	$29,671	30
Specialty trade contractors	78	15.4	0.99×About typical	462	$52,584	184
Ambulatory health care services	66	13	0.62×Fewer than typical	422	$55,268	182
Limited-service restaurants	42	8.3	1.03×About typical	439	$25,606	4
Clothing and accessories stores	39	7.7	2.12×More than typical	359	$22,986	44
Services to buildings and dwellings	37	7.3	1.08×About typical	236	$32,394	269
Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars	31	6.1	2.41×More than typical	174	$23,874	4
Building equipment contractors	29	5.7	0.95×About typical	201	$67,179	27

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 50,811 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $16.3M on contracts performed in Newport, OR micropolitan area: $322 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $16.3M; −85% vs FY2025
Per resident: $322; US $1,994
Sole-source: 33%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.9%; 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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$9.8M60%
Office of the Secretary$4.3M27%
Department of Veterans Affairs$904.7K5.5%
U.S. Coast Guard$633.7K3.9%
Forest Service$418.4K2.6%
Environmental Protection Agency$132.2K0.8%
Bureau of Land Management$23.7K0.1%
Agricultural Research Service$20.1K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

13.8MFY2017
11MFY2018
14.8MFY2019
11.1MFY2020
13.2MFY2021
19.2MFY2022
27MFY2023
5.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$4.3M26%
Ship and boat building · 3366$3.2M20%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2.3M14%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.1M7.0%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$983K6.0%
Outpatient care centers · 6214

Largest awards

1305M225C0004 - OSCAR DYSON FSV MIDLIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM$96M
JAG ALASKA INC.· Lincoln County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 5, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 1305M225C0004
MAJOR M&R YAQUINA BAY HOUSING PHASE I, USCG STATION YAQUINA BAY, LINCOLN, OR$9.4M
BRISTOL DESIGN BUILD SERVICES, LLC· Lincoln County, OR· Construction & real property· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 70Z08826FESDV0012
THIS ACQUISITION WILL PROVIDE UP TO 13 DELL POWEREDGE SERVERS FOR DEDICATED SHIPBOARD PROCESSING AND REDUNDANT STORAGE OF HIGH-VOLUME HYDROGRAPHIC, ACOUSTIC, IMAGERY, OCEANOGRAPHIC, AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC DATA. THE SERVERS WILL SUPPORT UNDERWAY QUALITY$4.3M
GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS LLC· Lincoln County, OR· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1331L526F0458

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $509.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Newport, OR micropolitan area: $10,066 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $509.7M; −3.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,066; US $12,955
Loan face value: $20M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$344.9M68%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$43.2M8.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.1M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$22.4M4.4%
10.855 · Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants$11.7M2.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.9M1.9%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$7.6M1.5%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

CONFEDERATED TRIBES SILETZ INDIANS$22.4M4.4%
SILETZ, OR
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12M2.4%
SALEM, OR
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF LINCOLN COUNTY$5.7M1.1%
NEWPORT, OR
COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM$1.8M0.4%
ALBANY, OR
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$1.4M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$408.2M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$49.2M9.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$13.3M2.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$12.2M2.4%
Department of Transportation
Rural Utilities Service

Assistance by fiscal year

429.9MFY2021
437.2MFY2022
457.9MFY2023
494.3MFY2024
528.9MFY2025
509.7MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Newport, OR

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Lincoln CountyCentral county5950,636

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

NewportPrincipal city10,583

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Oregon

Areas based in Oregon, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Newport, OR micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Newport, OR

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Oregon

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined9

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought