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Jamestown town, Newport County, RI

5,545 Population
9.4 square miles 586.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Newport County: 46.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$85,464 ±$11,450 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $60,920 ±$2,626
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$141,442 ±$50,738 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $100,859 ±$4,693
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

4.4% ±2.7% (241  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Newport County: 8.6% † 7,027 (±1.2% / ±976)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

25.4 minutes ±8 (53,725  ±19,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newport County: 23 856,055 (±1.1 / ±45,885)
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

2,563 ±162 Number of households
  • Newport County: 36,186 ±739
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.2 ±0.1 (5,525  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Newport County: 2.2 81,185 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

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

Housing

3,177 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,554 ±62
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$752,300 ±$83,282 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

3.9% ±2.4% (214  ±134.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 13% † 10,976 (±1.3% / ±1,106)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

98% ±12.4% (4,548  ±591.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
68.5% ±9.4% (3,178  ±446) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Newport County: 53.1% 33,807 (±2.1% / ±1,351.9)
  • nearly double 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

2.3% ±1.5% (126  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 7% 5,973
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

13.2% ±5.2% (636  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Newport County: 8.9% 6,113 (±0.8% / ±544)
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
636 Total veterans ±249 636 Male ±249 N/A Female ±20

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