Newport vs Newport East

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

Newport 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 has the higher population (25,029 vs 11,262 in Newport East). Newport East has the higher median household income ($86,310 vs $83,562 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($669,500 vs $479,200 in Newport East).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Newport East
Population	25,029	11,262
Median age	37.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,562	$86,310
Median home value	$669,500	$479,200
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,784
Housing units	13,527	5,853
Homeownership rate	49.6%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Newport East
Population	24,663 → 25,029 (+1.5%)	11,925 → 11,262 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$67,102 → $83,562 (+24.5%)	$69,368 → $86,310 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$448,800 → $669,500 (+49.2%)	$361,100 → $479,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,612 (+30.4%)	$1,301 → $1,784 (+37.1%)

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

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)

	Newport	Newport East
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	15.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.7%
75 and over	9.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Newport East
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	79.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Newport East
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Newport East
Drove alone	60.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.0%
Public transit	2.5%	1.2%
Walked	10.6%	6.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.4%	10.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Newport East
1-unit, detached	38.7%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	33.8%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Newport East
Poverty rate	15.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1938	1967