RI area data
Newport, RI
Newport, RI.
Population: 1,426 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 428.0 (+4.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 102.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 29.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $21.70/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- coastalFlooding
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 52.0°F
- Average high
- 59.0°F
- Average low
- 44.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 42.9 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 8
- Nearest national park
- Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (1 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Newport State Airport (NPT) (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Newport State Airport (NPT) (3 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 27
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.3 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 50
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Households with broadband internet
- 100.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 33,808
- Average weekly wage
- $1,156
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Professional Services, Health Care
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 92
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