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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 6,426 people, 2,478 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $263,698, Newport real estate values are some of the lowest in New Hampshire, although compared to real estate around the nation, Newport homes are still considered rather expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Newport, accounting for 59.85% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Newport include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 14.90%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.70%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 11.26%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Newport are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 58.43% owning and 41.57% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Newport built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Newport built between 1940-1969 ( 25.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 24.69%). There's also some housing in Newport built between 2000 and later ( 11.33%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Newport. Fully 13.33% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Newport homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Newport real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Appreciation rates for homes in Newport have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 108.59%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Newport house appreciation rate of 7.63%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Newport's appreciation rate, at 5.77%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Newport's appreciation rate has been 1.13%, which annualizes to a rate of 4.60%.
Relative to New Hampshire, our data show that Newport's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in New Hampshire.
$263,698
for New hampshire
for nation
2,478
$2,545 / per month