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Newport city, Rhode Island: commercial real estate data.
Newport city is a Census city of 24,874 people across 7.66 square miles of land, in Newport County. Median household income is $86,313, 49.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 58 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $21.7 m.
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Newport
What Newport is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.66 sq mi
- Water area3.72 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,249
- County holding the largest share of its areaNewport County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
How many people live in Newport
- Population24,874
- Median age37.2
- Population under 183,337
- Share under 1813.4 percent
- Population 65 and over5,516
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent
- Households11,049
- Family households5,098
- Share of households that are families46.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
Income and work in Newport
- Median household income$86,313
- Per capita income$58,057
- Civilian labor force12,474
- Employed11,351
- Unemployed1,123 plus or minus 348
- Unemployment rate9.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over17,723
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree25.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
Housing in Newport
- Housing units13,552
- Occupied units11,049
- Vacant units2,503
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent
- Owner occupied5,500
- Renter occupied5,549
- Ownership rate49.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$746,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,698
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent
- Single family units6,228
- Share single family46.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,324
- Share in buildings of two or more54.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
How Newport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,312
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,313
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,133
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.7 percent
- Drove alone57.5 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked12.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home18.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newport
SBA 7(a) lending to Newport borrowers
- Approvals58
- Gross approval$21,715,200
- Average approval$374,400
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,350,000
- Largest approval$3,000,000
- Jobs supported334
- Jobs per approval5.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.9 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS33
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Newport
SBA 504 lending to Newport borrowers
- Approvals51
- Gross approval$21,689,000
- Average approval$425,275
- Median approval$353,000
- Largest approval$1,765,000
- Jobs supported297
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Newport County, not Newport
Newport County context, not Newport figures
These are Newport County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Newport measurements.
- Establishments in Newport County2,800
- Employment at those establishments, Newport County32,182
- Covered employment, Newport County42,622
- Average annual pay, Newport County$68,656
- Average weekly wage, Newport County$1,320
- Housing units permitted, Newport County180
- Of those, single family, Newport County126
- County product, 2024, Newport County$8,771,344,000
- County product change over the prior year, Newport County9.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Newport County$138,058
Every figure in this section is published for Newport County as a whole and is not a measurement of Newport. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Newport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Newport, Rhode Island?
24,874, in 11,049 households. Newport city covers 7.66 square miles of land, which is 3,249 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Newport in?
Newport County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Newport?
$86,313. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $746,900. Median gross rent is $1,698 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Newport businesses?
58 7(a) approvals totalling $21.7 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 51 504 approvals worth $21.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Newport, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Newport borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Newport. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Newport figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Newport County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Newport.
Is zoning published for Newport?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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