
Newport County · Rhode Island
ZIP code 02841
- Population
- 1,414
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 7%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Rhode Island state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 02841 sits in Newport County, Rhode Island and is home to 1,414 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. 0% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Rhode Island state rate).
- County
- Newport County
- State
- Rhode Island (RI)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 44005
81 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 02841
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 1,414ZIP 02841 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 24.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 02841 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 02841 is a small town in Newport County, Rhode Island, with 1,414 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 81 ranked by population — larger than 18% of them. The median age here is 24.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in ZIP 02841 earn a median of not published a year. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 02841 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 24.7 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent for ZIP 02841 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 02841 in context
How 02841 sits inside Newport County and Rhode Island.
ZIP 02841 is tabulated inside Newport County, Rhode Island, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 81 across Rhode Island. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 02841 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 02841 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Rhode Island charges 7% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 02841.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 02841 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 02841
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Rhode Island levies 7% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 02841 compares
ZIP 02841 against the median ZIP in Newport County and across Rhode Island.
| Measure | ZIP 02841 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $119,135 | $97,650 | — |
| Median home value | — | $539,700 | $378,000 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,758 | $1,282 | — |
| Population | 1,414 | 10,903 | 8,095 | -83% |
Medians are computed across the 8 ZIP areas in Newport County and the 81 ZIP areas in Rhode Island.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 81 Rhode Island ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #66
Not published
Not published
larger than 19% of 81 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Newport County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Newport County, Rhode Island.
ZIP 02841 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 02841?
- ZIP 02841 lies mostly in Newport County, Rhode Island. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 02841?
- Rhode Island charges 7% statewide.
- Is 02841 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Rhode Island ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Rhode Island Division of Taxation — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.