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The median home value in Newport County, RI is $788,245 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$788,245
Year-over-Year
+5.26%
National Rank
#47 of 3071
Newport County ranks 1st out of 5 counties in RI by median home price, and is +236.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within RI, the typical county has a median home value of $655,997, making Newport County +20.2% above the RI state median.
Households here earn a median of $103,514 a year against a typical home value of $788,245 — a price-to-income ratio of 7.6×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That makes it one of the least affordable counties in the country relative to local wages. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Newport County recorded a violent crime rate of 134 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,172 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 41,132 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Newport County is $788,245. That's up 5.26% from a year earlier. That is about 236.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Newport County the 1st most expensive of 5 counties in Rhode Island.
Median household income here is $103,514, so a typical home costs about 7.6× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Newport County recorded 134 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 41,132 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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