Melville vs Newport

A side-by-side comparison of Melville and Newport: population, income, housing, and more.

Melville and Newport are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newport has the higher population (25,029 vs 1,840 in Melville). Melville has the higher median household income ($103,393 vs $83,562 in Newport). Since 2019, Melville's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs +1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	Newport
Population	1,840	25,029
Median age	29.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,393	$83,562
Median home value	—	$669,500
Median gross rent	$2,591	$1,612
Housing units	677	13,527
Homeownership rate	3.8%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	Newport
Population	1,276 → 1,840 (+44.2%)	24,663 → 25,029 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $103,393 (+57.5%)	$67,102 → $83,562 (+24.5%)
Median home value	—	$448,800 → $669,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,174 → $2,591 (+19.2%)	$1,236 → $1,612 (+30.4%)

Melville

Population

1,2761,840

Median household income

$65,667$103,393

Median gross rent

$2,174$2,591

Newport

Population

24,66325,029

Median household income

$67,102$83,562

Median home value

$448,800$669,500

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melville	Newport
Under 5	13.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	15.4%
25 to 34	25.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	22.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	5.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.7%
75 and over	0.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	73.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	5.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	16.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	Newport
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	14.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.7%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	Newport
Drove alone	88.1%	60.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.9%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	Newport
1-unit, detached	17.4%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	33.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melville	Newport
Poverty rate	1.0%	15.1%
Average household size	3.12	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1970	1938