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Newport city, Newport County, RI

25,029 Population
7.7 square miles 3,269.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Newport County: 46.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$58,113 ±$4,648 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Newport County: $60,920 ±$2,626
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$83,562 ±$4,047 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newport County: $100,859 ±$4,693
  • a little less than the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

15.2% ±3% (3,343  ±653) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newport County: 8.6% † 7,027 (±1.2% / ±976)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

19.4 minutes ±1.4 (204,755  ±19,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Newport County: 23 856,055 (±1.1 / ±45,885)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

10,675 ±456 Number of households
  • Newport County: 36,186 ±739
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.1 ±0.1 (21,965  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of 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

3.6% ±1.9% (232  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Newport County: 3.6% † 613 (±1.2% / ±206)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

13,527 ±325 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,554 ±62
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$669,500 ±$35,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Newport County: $559,700 ±$18,569
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

20.7% ±2.5% (5,115  ±621.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Newport County: 13% † 10,976 (±1.3% / ±1,106)
  • nearly double the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

95.5% ±4.9% (16,726  ±949.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
55.5% ±3.8% (9,720  ±702.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Newport County: 53.1% 33,807 (±2.1% / ±1,351.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

7.8% ±1.7% (1,963  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newport County: 7% 5,973
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

8.6% ±1.3% (1,702  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Newport County: 8.9% 6,113 (±0.8% / ±544)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
1,702 Total veterans ±267 1,543 Male ±253 159 Female ±66

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