LIVING IN NEWBERG
POPULATION: 25,138
Newberg is a town in Oregon. Newberg is in Yamhill County. Living in Newberg offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In Newberg there are a lot of coffee shops and parks. Many families and young professionals live in Newberg and residents tend to lean conservative. The public schools in Newberg are above average.
Newberg hasn't seen a lot of growth of new residents over the past 5 years but maintained a small consistent amount of new residents moving into the city. Living in Newberg has a suburban feel, which can be nice for families looking for more space than larger densely packed cities for the money and a good area to raise children.
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Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Newberg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newberg is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newberg who work in sales jobs (11.26%), office and administrative support (10.69%), and management occupations (9.22%).
Also of interest is that Newberg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Newberg is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Newberg enrolled in college, Newberg has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
The population of Newberg is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.66% of adults in Newberg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Newberg in 2018 was $30,533, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,132 for a family of four. However, Newberg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Newberg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Newberg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newberg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Newberg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Newberg include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Newberg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.