Newport County, Rhode Island

Newport County has a population of 84,657 and has shrunk 3.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $609,700, about 5.9 times the county's median household income of $103,514.

Home price
$609,700
Income
$103,514
Population
84,657
Unemployment
5.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$609,700county
Median gross rent$1,713county
Median year homes here were built1963county
Share of homes built before 198068.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented32.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.1%county
Typical monthly rent$3,135county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,729county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,402county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,087county
Home insurance / yr$2,445(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.6(statewide)
Median household income$103,514county
Family health premium / yr$25,960(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,758(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.976(statewide)
Poverty rate8.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.7%county
Unemployment rate5.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.7%county
Share of workers employed by government15.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.7%county
Economic output per resident$103,610county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.89%county
Top state income tax5.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1984916county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station16 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.3%county
Traffic deaths7.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher54.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.6%county
Public schools in the county20county
Public school enrollment7784county
Students per full-time teacher11.3county
Free lunch eligible37.8%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools6county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians83county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.7%county
Frequent mental distress13.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population84,657county
Land area in square miles102county
People per square mile of land826.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores18county
Convenience stores15county
Share living far from a food store18.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.9%county
Population change since 2020-3.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age46.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.5%county
Share of households that are one person30.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.0%county
Second languages9.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls67.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents76county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in2,803county
Households that moved away3,030county
Average income of arriving households$121,293county
Average income of departing households$98,581county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year131county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings42.0%county
Violent crime rate154(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature51.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation44.1 incounty
Annual snowfall16.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.86 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing105 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days204 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 13county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$162county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh28.3¢county
Household electricity use574 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.76(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas33.0%county
Homes heated by propane7.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil43.6%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband94.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk53.0county
Coastal flood risk61.4county
Drought risk42.0county
Landslide risk9.8county
Hail risk2.0county
Earthquake risk57.3county
Tornado risk17.0county
Tropical cyclone risk80.2county
Extreme heat risk34.5county
Winter weather risk32.7county
Strong wind risk35.7county
Wildfire risk13.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Newport County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Rhode Island figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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