Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.00 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Newport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Newport with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Newport in 2018 was $17,455, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,820 for a family of four. However, Newport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Newport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
