City safety & data profile
Newport NewsVA
Newport News, VA is a 186K-resident city in Newport News city with a median household income of $69,634.
Newport News city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Newport News, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Newport News has a population larger than 97% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $260,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 186K
- Population (place)
- Top 3%
- By size
- $69,634
- Median income (place)
- $260,600
- Median home (place)
- 14.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Newport News
Newport News posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Newport News area.
- Bottom 37%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Newport News
Composite score · Newport News, VA
46/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Newport News income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$69,634 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
VA cities ranked by population
Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA
454,808 residents
- Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
238,005 residents
- Chesapeake
Chesapeake, VA
235,429 residents
- Richmond
Richmond, VA
226,610 residents
- Arlington
Arlington, VA
207,627 residents
- Newport News
Newport News, VA
186,247 residents
- Alexandria 159,467
Alexandria, VA
159,467 residents
- Hampton 137,148
Hampton, VA
137,148 residents
- Roanoke 100,011
Roanoke, VA
100,011 residents
- Portsmouth 96,201
Portsmouth, VA
96,201 residents
What this shows Virginia Beach tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Great Falls instead.
Top earners by city in VA
Median household income across 102 tracked VA places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Great Falls
Great Falls, VA
$250,001 median
- McLean
McLean, VA
$250,001 median
- Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap, VA
$250,001 median
- Bull Run
Bull Run, VA
$241,933 median
- Broadlands
Broadlands, VA
$241,042 median
- Lowes Island
Lowes Island, VA
$220,833 median
- Vienna
Vienna, VA
$216,953 median
- Fort Hunt
Fort Hunt, VA
$216,038 median
- Dranesville
Dranesville, VA
$214,688 median
- Fairfax Station
Fairfax Station, VA
$212,224 median
What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Newport News, VA beyond the headline numbers
Newport News sits inside Newport News city, Virginia, at roughly 36.98°N, -76.43°W. Population 186,247, $69,634 median household income. Median home value $260,600, median rent $1,339. Poverty rate 14.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Newport News, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 61.4°F annual average, 45.7" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.7% in Newport News, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
Newport News's median age is 34.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Newport News, VA stands at 14.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Remote work covers 10.2% of Newport News workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Newport News sits at 5.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Newport News, VA runs $1,339/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
30.6% of Newport News adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
The median home in Newport News costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Newport News from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Newport News city): Newport News's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
What stands out most about Newport News's economic profile: median household income at $69,634, 22% below the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 14.5%, 17% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.5% +17% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 30.6% |
| Work From Home | 10.2% |
| Public Transit | 1.6% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 2 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20242.1% below national average
Metro area: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelNewport News city has recorded 107 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $4.1M in payouts since 2016.
Hurricane Matthew alone generated 57 of those claims, the county's largest named flood event in this record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Newport News?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Newport News right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet VA-NEWPORT-NEWS · Newport News
Newport News: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Newport News; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Newport News, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (14.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($69,634 here).
Compare Newport News with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with Newport News's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Newport News area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Newport News against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Newport News city) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.