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Newport, RI

24,874 Population
7.7 square miles 3,249 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$58,057 ±$3,527 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $46,322 ±$491
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
$86,313 ±$4,012 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $87,040 ±$849
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209

16.5% ±2.7% (3,608  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.2% 182,805 (±0.3% / ±5,300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)

18.9 minutes ±1.4 (194,620  ±19,891) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 26.6 19,431,550 (±0.2 / ±214,901)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)

Families

11,049 ±387 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 675,395 ±2,088
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
2 ±0.1 (21,806  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,624,951 (±0 / ±101)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168

3.3% ±2% (218  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.7% 18,299 (±0.3% / ±1,130)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)

Housing

13,552 ±382 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 730,957 ±275
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179

$746,900 ±$43,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $422,500 ±$2,621
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032

20.6% ±2.4% (5,059  ±595.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.4% 173,838 (±0.3% / ±5,100.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)

Social

96.2% ±5.2% (17,052  ±1,001.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 88.7% 1,060,709 (±0.7% / ±8,575.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
57.9% ±4% (10,257  ±748.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 35.4% 422,875 (±0.4% / ±5,223.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)

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

7.4% ±1.4% (1,843  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 14.7% 247,840
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502

7% ±1.1% (1,387  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 5.1% 69,438 (±0.2% / ±2,164)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
1,387 Total veterans ±214 1,236 Male ±190 151 Female ±87

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