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Little Compton town, Newport County, RI

3,584 Population
20.5 square miles 174.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Newport County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$92,058 ±$33,565 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Newport County: $61,596 ±$2,569
  • about double the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
$134,750 ±$36,326 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newport County: $103,514 ±$4,684
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209

2.9% ±2.3% (105  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Newport County: 8.5% † 6,882 (±1% / ±808)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)

33.7 minutes ±3.7 (43,550  ±10,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Newport County: 22.8 826,070 (±1.1 / ±47,833)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)

Families

1,557 ±111 Number of households
  • Newport County: 36,868 ±642
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
2.3 ±0.2 (3,584  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Newport County: 2.2 80,725 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168

5.1% ±6.6% (23  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Newport County: 3.8% † 639 (±1.2% / ±207)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)

Housing

2,340 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,663 ±40
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179

$783,400 ±$81,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newport County: $609,700 ±$17,442
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032

6% ±3.9% (213  ±139.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Newport County: 12.2% 10,242 (±1.1% / ±929.5)
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)

Social

96.1% ±12.6% (2,811  ±386.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newport County: 95.6% 60,930 (±3% / ±1,900.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
60% ±10.3% (1,754  ±309) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newport County: 54.1% 34,479 (±2.2% / ±1,404.3)
  • 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

3.3% ±2.1% (119  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Newport County: 7% 5,954
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502

7.5% ±3.4% (232  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Newport County: 8.4% 5,768 (±0.8% / ±529)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
232 Total veterans ±105 224 Male ±103 8 Female ±13

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