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Virginia·Newport News County
47 tracts·184K people·$261K median·2,670/mi²
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Newport News is $260,600 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Newport News has 184,216 residents across 47 census tracts and 34 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 34.4; the population is 40.6% Black, 39.3% White, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.0% Multiracial, 3.3% Asian and 1.1% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 30.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 14.5% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Deer Park Elementary (92%), Hilton Elementary (84%) and General Stanford Elementary (78%) lead the elementary schools; B.T. Washington Middle (80%), Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle (62%) and Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle (57%) lead the middle schools; Woodside High (84%), Menchville High (78%) and Warwick High (75%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,339/month, 15% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Newport News is $69,634 a year, 19% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Newport News, median rent is $1,339/month and the median home value is $260,600 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Newport News reported 8.8 violent crimes and 25.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 35°F; there are 99 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 50 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Newport News are ice storm (78), winter weather (76) and strong wind (69), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Newport News, 3.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).