Newport vs Tiverton

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

Newport 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 has the higher population (25,029 vs 8,151 in Tiverton). Tiverton has the higher median household income ($91,493 vs $83,562 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($669,500 vs $357,700 in Tiverton).

Population, income & housing

	Newport	Tiverton
Population	25,029	8,151
Median age	37.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,562	$91,493
Median home value	$669,500	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,341
Housing units	13,527	3,828
Homeownership rate	49.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport	Tiverton
Population	24,663 → 25,029 (+1.5%)	7,804 → 8,151 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$67,102 → $83,562 (+24.5%)	$68,102 → $91,493 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$448,800 → $669,500 (+49.2%)	$258,800 → $357,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,612 (+30.4%)	$939 → $1,341 (+42.8%)

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

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	Tiverton
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	15.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.0%
75 and over	9.0%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport	Tiverton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport	Tiverton
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport	Tiverton
Drove alone	60.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.3%
Walked	10.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	8.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport	Tiverton
1-unit, detached	38.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	33.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newport	Tiverton
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958