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Little Compton town, Newport County, RI

3,622 Population
20.5 square miles 176.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Newport County: 46.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$99,744 ±$34,134 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Newport County: $58,280 ±$2,677
  • more than double the amount in Rhode Island: $43,324 ±$529
$136,389 ±$55,494 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $96,319 ±$3,121
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $81,370 ±$1,213

1.9% ±1.5% (70  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Newport County: 7.8% † 6,373 (±1% / ±821)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,033 (±0.4% / ±4,599)

29.8 minutes ±4 (44,610  ±10,816) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Newport County: 23.1 880,380 (±0.8 / ±38,591)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.3 12,409,750 (±0.2 / ±155,612)

Families

1,560 ±129 Number of households
  • Newport County: 35,786 ±591
  • Rhode Island: 432,219 ±1,811
2.3 ±0.2 (3,622  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newport County: 2.3 81,638 (±0 / ±76)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,049,253

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,506 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,415 ±56
  • Rhode Island: 483,053 ±207

$723,000 ±$66,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $503,700 ±$20,278
  • more than double the amount in Rhode Island: $343,100 ±$2,810

4.5% ±3.1% (163  ±,113.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 12.8% 10,845 (±1.2% / ±,991.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,695 (±0.4% / ±4,285.1)

Social

97.9% ±12.2% (2,918  ±,394.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Newport County: 94.8% 60,452 (±2.7% / ±1,740.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.4% 689,349 (±0.9% / ±6,651.6)
62.8% ±9.9% (1,872  ±,311.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newport County: 52.1% 33,239 (±1.9% / ±1,240.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 36.3% 279,825 (±0.5% / ±4,058.5)

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

2.5% ±1.9% (92  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Newport County: 6.8% 5,831
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.4% 157,761

7.4% ±3.5% (235  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Newport County: 9.7% 6,730 (±0.7% / ±511)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.7% 50,470 (±0.2% / ±1,489)
235 Total veterans ±112 227 Male ±110 8 Female ±12

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