Home values, rents and more in Newport, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Newport compares
The typical home in Newport, NC is worth about $339,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Newport are 28% below the typical value in the Morehead City metro area ($470,000) and 7% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Newport rose 1.5%, compared with +3.0% in the Morehead City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,696 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% below the Morehead City metro area ($1,827) and 12% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $56,351, against $72,322 in the Morehead City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,441 people live in Newport (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Newport has the 4th-lowest typical home value of the 16 cities in the Morehead City metro area and the 168th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Carteret County, NC · Morehead City metro area · North Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.