Newport East vs Tiverton

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

Newport East and Tiverton 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 8,151 in Tiverton). Tiverton has the higher median household income ($91,493 vs $86,310 in Newport East). Newport East has the higher median home value ($479,200 vs $357,700 in Tiverton).

Population, income & housing

	Newport East	Tiverton
Population	11,262	8,151
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,310	$91,493
Median home value	$479,200	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,341
Housing units	5,853	3,828
Homeownership rate	54.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport East	Tiverton
Population	11,925 → 11,262 (-5.6%)	7,804 → 8,151 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$69,368 → $86,310 (+24.4%)	$68,102 → $91,493 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$361,100 → $479,200 (+32.7%)	$258,800 → $357,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,301 → $1,784 (+37.1%)	$939 → $1,341 (+42.8%)

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

Tiverton

Population

7,8048,151

Median household income

$68,102$91,493

Median home value

$258,800$357,700

Median gross rent

$939$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport East	Tiverton
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.0%
75 and over	11.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport East	Tiverton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport East	Tiverton
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport East	Tiverton
Drove alone	72.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.3%
Walked	6.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport East	Tiverton
1-unit, detached	54.8%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newport East	Tiverton
Poverty rate	14.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1967	1958