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Little Compton town, Newport County, RI

3,601 Population
20.5 square miles 175.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newport County: 46.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$94,064 ±$33,970 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Newport County: $60,920 ±$2,626
  • about double the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$129,750 ±$50,277 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newport County: $100,859 ±$4,693
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

3% ±2.3% (108  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 8.6% † 7,027 (±1.2% / ±976)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

32.1 minutes ±1.1 (45,190  ±9,479) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Newport County: 23 856,055 (±1.1 / ±45,885)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

1,578 ±111 Number of households
  • Newport County: 36,186 ±739
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.3 ±0.2 (3,601  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newport County: 2.2 81,185 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

4.2% ±6.2% (16  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newport County: 3.6% † 613 (±1.2% / ±206)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

2,473 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,554 ±62
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$726,200 ±$59,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newport County: $559,700 ±$18,569
  • about double the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

4.4% ±3% (157  ±107.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 13% † 10,976 (±1.3% / ±1,106)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

97.1% ±12.3% (2,830  ±382.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newport County: 95.3% 60,758 (±2.9% / ±1,838.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
61.8% ±10% (1,803  ±304.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newport County: 53.1% 33,807 (±2.1% / ±1,351.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±2.2% (115  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Newport County: 7% 5,973
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

6.3% ±3.6% (198  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Newport County: 8.9% 6,113 (±0.8% / ±544)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
198 Total veterans ±113 190 Male ±110 8 Female ±14

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