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Newport city, Newport County, RI

25,087 Population
7.7 square miles 3,276.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Newport County: 46.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$55,691 ±$4,288 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Newport County: $58,280 ±$2,677
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rhode Island: $43,324 ±$529
$81,330 ±$4,317 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newport County: $96,319 ±$3,121
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $81,370 ±$1,213

13.4% ±2.2% (2,979  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newport County: 7.8% † 6,373 (±1% / ±821)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,033 (±0.4% / ±4,599)

19.7 minutes ±1.2 (211,135  ±18,821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Newport County: 23.1 880,380 (±0.8 / ±38,591)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 25.3 12,409,750 (±0.2 / ±155,612)

Families

10,645 ±410 Number of households
  • Newport County: 35,786 ±591
  • Rhode Island: 432,219 ±1,811
2.1 ±0.1 (22,116  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newport County: 2.3 81,638 (±0 / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,049,253

3.5% ±1.9% (235  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Newport County: 4.2% † 726 (±1.2% / ±215)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,791 (±0.4% / ±989)

Housing

13,605 ±384 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,415 ±56
  • Rhode Island: 483,053 ±207

$622,800 ±$33,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Newport County: $503,700 ±$20,278
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $343,100 ±$2,810

19.5% ±2.3% (4,851  ±,580.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Newport County: 12.8% 10,845 (±1.2% / ±,991.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,695 (±0.4% / ±4,285.1)

Social

95% ±4.6% (16,698  ±,928.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newport County: 94.8% 60,452 (±2.7% / ±1,740.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.4% 689,349 (±0.9% / ±6,651.6)
51.8% ±3.6% (9,102  ±,672.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newport County: 52.1% 33,239 (±1.9% / ±1,240.9)
  • about 1.4 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

7.2% ±1.8% (1,816  ±454) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Newport County: 6.8% 5,831
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 14.4% 157,761

9.4% ±1.4% (1,891  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Newport County: 9.7% 6,730 (±0.7% / ±511)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.7% 50,470 (±0.2% / ±1,489)
1,891 Total veterans ±278 1,745 Male ±271 146 Female ±55

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