Vermont · Census place 5048850

Newport, Vermont

Newport is a city in Orleans County, Vermont with an estimated 4,333 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 17 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,333
#9 of 17 in Vermont
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-114 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
+ 1.77 sq mi water
Density
739 / sq mi
State median 2,221
Orange pin: Newport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montpelier.

Newport population, 2020 to 2024

Newport lost 114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -31.

4,44720204,44020214,39920224,36420234,3332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,453. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newport covers 5.86 square miles of land and 1.77 of water, for 739 people per square mile of land. The median Vermont place of 5,000+ has 2,221, so Newport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newport is in

All of Newport's residents live in Orleans County, which had 27,726 residents in 2024. Newport holds 15.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 05855. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Newport is

The Census internal point of Newport is at 44.936700, -72.209600. Montpelier, the capital, is 50.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Albans, VT (7,031 people), 43.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 140.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.936700, -72.209600
DMS
44°56'12.12"N 72°12'34.56"W
UTM
18N 720168.5E 4979706.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87P9WQPR+M5

Daylight in Newport

At 44.94° N, Newport gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Vermont, measured between internal points. The closest is Enosburg Falls, 29.0 miles away, with 1,334 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newport, VT?

4,333 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 114 (2.6%) from 4,447 in July 2020.

What county is Newport in?

Orleans County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Newport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 05855.

How far is Newport from Montpelier?

50.1 miles (80.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Newport.

What is the nearest larger city to Newport?

St. Albans, VT, with 7,031 residents, 43.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.