Melville vs Newport East

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

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

Newport East has the higher population (11,262 vs 1,840 in Melville). Melville has the higher median household income ($103,393 vs $86,310 in Newport East). Since 2019, Melville's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	Newport East
Population	1,840	11,262
Median age	29.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,393	$86,310
Median home value	—	$479,200
Median gross rent	$2,591	$1,784
Housing units	677	5,853
Homeownership rate	3.8%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	Newport East
Population	1,276 → 1,840 (+44.2%)	11,925 → 11,262 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $103,393 (+57.5%)	$69,368 → $86,310 (+24.4%)
Median home value	—	$361,100 → $479,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,174 → $2,591 (+19.2%)	$1,301 → $1,784 (+37.1%)

Melville

Population

1,2761,840

Median household income

$65,667$103,393

Median gross rent

$2,174$2,591

Newport East

Population

11,92511,262

Median household income

$69,368$86,310

Median home value

$361,100$479,200

Median gross rent

$1,301$1,784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melville	Newport East
Under 5	13.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	25.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	22.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	5.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.7%
75 and over	0.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	Newport East
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	79.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	16.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	Newport East
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	14.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.7%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	Newport East
Drove alone	88.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	Newport East
1-unit, detached	17.4%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Melville	Newport East
Poverty rate	1.0%	14.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1970	1967