High Point vs Newport News
The short version
- High Point is cheaper overall: prices in its metro run 5% lower than in the Newport News area (BEA 2024).
- The median home costs $235,800 in High Point and $260,600 in Newport News.
- Households earn more in Newport News ($69,634 vs $64,561 median).
- High Point is growing faster: +5.7% since 2020 vs -1.6%.
Side by side
| High Point, NC | Newport News, VA | |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population (2025) | 120,571 | 183,230 |
| Growth since 2020 | +5.7% | -1.6% |
| People per square mile | 2,099 | 2,656 |
| Median age | 37.7 | 34.4 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 34% | 31% |
| Money and housing | ||
| Median household income | $64,561 | $69,634 |
| Median home value | $235,800 | $260,600 |
| Home value to income | 3.7× | 3.7× |
| Median rent (with utilities) | $1,116 | $1,339 |
| Metro price level (US = 100) | 92.9 | 97.9 |
| Housing price level (US = 100) | 74.5 | 99.8 |
| $75,000 elsewhere equals | $69,600 | $73,500 |
| Homeowners | 58% | 48% |
| Top state income tax | 3.99% | 5.75% |
| Combined sales tax | 7.1% | 5.77% |
| Work and commute | ||
| Average commute (minutes) | 20.7 | 23.1 |
| Work from home | 10% | 10% |
| Take public transit | 1% | 2% |
| Unemployment (2020-24 avg) | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Poverty rate | 15.7% | 14.5% |
| Weather | ||
| January high / low | 49° / 30° | 49° / 32° |
| July high / low | 89° / 69° | 87° / 71° |
| Precipitation per year | 44 in | 48 in |
| Snowfall per year | 7 in | 3 in |
| Days 90°F or hotter | 33 | 30 |
| Nights below freezing | 68 | 52 |
| Comfortable months | 4 | 4 |
| Risks, air and home prices | ||
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA, county) | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Low |
| FEMA risk score (lower is safer) | 93.4 | 72.2 |
| Good air days, 2025 | 75% | 78% |
| Home prices, past year | +4.9% | +3.6% |
| Home prices, past 5 years | +55.1% | +43.4% |
Highlighted cells are the better value where "better" is clear (lower prices, higher income, shorter commutes). Sources: Census Bureau 2025 estimates and ACS 2020-2024, BEA 2024, NOAA 1991-2020, Tax Foundation 2026.
Weather, month by month
Most comfortable months: High Point: April to June and October. Newport News: April to June and October.
Full monthly tables: High Point weather by month and Newport News weather by month.
What $75,000 is worth
A $75,000 salary in an average-priced US city buys about the same as $69,600 in High Point and $73,500 in Newport News. Moving from High Point to Newport News, you would need about $79,100 to match a $75,000 salary.
Moving between High Point and Newport News
IRS county-to-county migration, 2022 to 2023 tax years, for the counties that contain each city. See where else people move from High Point and Newport News.
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