South Carolina · Census place 49885
Newport, SC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Newport, South Carolina (Newport, SC — Census place “Newport CDP”) is 4,142 residents, ranking #115 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $107,143, the median home is worth $310,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Newport South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Newport, SC: 29732.
- Population
- 4,142Newport CDP residents
- Median household income
- $107,143Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $310,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 96%Owner-occupied households
Newport ZIP codes (South Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Newport.
The Newport SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Newport CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.9% of residents and 96% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Newport CDP, SC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Newport CDP is a small town in South Carolina, with 4,142 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #115 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 42 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Newport CDP earn a median of $107,143 a year, 36.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 102% above the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Newport CDP is valued at $310,300, 2.3% above the national figure and 75% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 96% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.
The Census withheld gross rent for Newport CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in South Carolina.
- Saxon CDP 4,139
- Capitol View CDP 4,161
- Walhalla city 4,121
- Duncan town 4,175
- Williamston town 4,116
- East Camden CDP 4,210
- Brookdale CDP 4,061
- Surfside Beach town 4,217
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Newport CDP?
- Newport CDP has 4,142 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #115 of 475 in South Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Newport CDP?
- Median household income in Newport CDP is $107,143 a year, 36.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Newport CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $310,300.
- Is Newport CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Newport CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Newport CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.