Census-designated place · Newport County, Rhode Island

Tiverton, Rhode Island

Tiverton is a census-designated place in Newport County, Rhode Island, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area. It has 8,091 residents. Tiverton, Rhode Island has a quality-of-life score of 99 out of 100 (very high), ranking #141 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Rhode Island it ranks #7 of 27 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), mammography screening (high) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), high school diploma or higher (low) and new business applications (low).

99Very high

Quality-of-life score: #141 of 15,651 cities and towns
Rhode Island: #7 of 27 in RI
Population: 8,091 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,935.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4470700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety97#422/15,637
Economy84#2,534/15,631
Housing72#4,193/14,977
Health86#2,192/15,609
Healthcare93#1,149/15,650
Environment100#14/15,453
Education75#3,888/15,649
Infrastructure86#2,256/15,650
Community78#3,467/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#578/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tiverton, Rhode Island ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Newport County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Traffic deaths · low3.8 /100k
99/100Rhode Island 5.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataNewport County value
Mammography screening · high60.0%
98/100Rhode Island 56.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewport County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high13.6 /10k
97/100Rhode Island 7.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNewport County value
Restaurants and bars · high17.1 /10k
97/100Rhode Island 12.0 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNewport County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.4 /10k
97/100Rhode Island 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNewport County value
Life expectancy · high82.7 yrs
97/100Rhode Island 79.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewport County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high22.7 /100k
13/100Rhode Island 10.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataNewport County value
High school diploma or higher · low93.5%
20/100Rhode Island 89.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New business applications · low10.1 /1k
25/100Rhode Island 10.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauNewport County value
High ozone days · high2 days
28/100Rhode Island 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyNewport County value
Home price to income ratio · high4.1×
33/100Rhode Island 4.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Loneliness · high32.6%
34/100Rhode Island 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.7% (2015-2019) → 93.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.7% (2015-2019) → 40.2% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$68,102 (2015-2019) → $99,158 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
8.2% (2015-2019) → 3.5% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.4% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.7% (2015-2019) → 31.8% (2020-2024)
−3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tiverton, Rhode Island improved on 5 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Inequality−0.0790.449 → 0.371
Property tax−0.4 points1.59% → 1.14%
Bachelor's++9.4 points30.7% → 40.2%
Household income+46%$68,102 → $99,158
Broadband+11 points82.7% → 93.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Tiverton, Rhode Island between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%2015-2019	40.2%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	82.7%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	1.59%2015-2019	1.14%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	92.7%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.3712020-2024	−0.079	Improved	92%
Median household income	$68,1022015-2019	$99,1582020-2024	+46%	Improved	81%
Poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	35.7%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.5%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	22%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Tiverton, Rhode Island five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tiverton, Rhode Island in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tiverton, Rhode Island itself moved +10 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,091 residents (±574)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,091 residents (±574)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

White89%7,173
Black2.0%†163
Hispanic or Latino4.7%†384

Education

6,393 residents (±494)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

No high school diploma6.5%†417
High school or GED25%1,567
Some college20%†1,252

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,479 households (±248)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Under $25k5.3%†184
$25k–50k12%†428
$50k–75k13%†437
$75k–100k21%741
$100k–150k24%†840
$150k–200k13%452
$200k or more11%†397

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−10.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,479 households (±248)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Own73%2,526
Rent27%953

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

850 households (±209)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Under $7504.2%†36
$750–1,00015%†128
$1,000–1,50044%†372

Home values

2,526 homes (±287)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Under $150k2.7%†67
$150k–250k5.7%†144
$250k–400k40%1,006

Age of homes

3,807 homes (±296)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

2010 or later3.7%†140
2000–20099.6%†365
1980–19999.8%†

Size of homes

3,807 homes (±296)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Studio2.9%†112
1 bedroom11%†424
2 bedrooms39%1,478

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,499 workers (±530)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Drive alone77%3,454
Carpool11%†474
Public transit0.4%†18
Walk2.8%†127
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.5%†426
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,073 workers (±515)

Tiverton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Under 15 min25%†1,017
15–29 min33%1,349
30–44 min28%1,158

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Newport County, the county holding most of Tiverton's residents.

Newport County has 2,800 employer establishments, 334 for every 10,000 residents (1.35× the US rate of 248; 1.25× Rhode Island's), with 32,182 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,875. The Census Bureau also counts 8,717 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,800; 8,717 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 334; US 248 · Rhode Island 268
Paid employees: 32,182
Average annual pay: $58,875; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Newport County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	262	31.3	1.70×More than typical	4,337	$34,413	22
Specialty trade contractors	192	22.9	1.48×More than typical	1,009	$65,984	577
Construction of buildings	144	17.2	2.27×More than typical	698	$67,572	209
Full-service restaurants	133	15.9	2.07×More than typical	2,988	$37,998	7
Services to buildings and dwellings	122	14.6	2.16×More than typical	468	$58,541	343
Ambulatory health care services	113	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,381	$66,084	428
Lessors of real estate	109	13	1.06×About typical	526	$76,179	1,293
Landscaping services	97	11.6	3.31×More than typical	369	$64,409	142
Building equipment contractors	87	10.4	1.73×More than typical	487	$66,370	83
Clothing and accessories stores	84	10	2.77×More than typical	570	$30,016	82
Limited-service restaurants	84	10	1.25×More than typical	869	$25,628	12
Architectural, engineering and related services	72	8.6	2.47×More than typical	1,033	$84,359	125

Rank places for an industry Open Newport County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 83,734 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $14K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tiverton, Rhode Island: $1.73 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14K; +114% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.73; US $1,994
Sole-source: 72%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$10.1K72%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$3,89728%

Top recipients

CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC$10.1K72%
LIFE RAFT & SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, INC.$3,89728%

Spending by fiscal year

18.5KFY2017
18.3KFY2018
11.7KFY2019
5.2KFY2020
7.4KFY2021
2.8KFY2022
10.6KFY2023
5.6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$10.1K72%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$3,89728%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Tiverton, Rhode Island, so they do not add up across cities.

Tiverton, Rhode Island's figures are part of those of Newport County, RI ($586.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Tiverton is mostly in Newport County.

See federal money in Newport County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tiverton, Rhode Island is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Gabe AmoD-RI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Newport County99100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA80

Other cities and towns in Newport County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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