ZIP code 02842

ZIP 02842 is a mid-size town in Newport County, Rhode Island, with 16,920 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #30 of 81 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 44.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 02842 earn a median of $97,650 a year, 24.3% above the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 02842 is valued at $536,600, 76.9% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,906 a month, 35.6% above the national figure, or roughly $22,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP 02842 is tabulated inside Newport County, Rhode Island, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 81 across Rhode Island. This is a mid-sized ZIP that covers a large share of its county's addresses. 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 02842 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 02842 reports a median household income of $97,650, 18% below the $119,135 county median, and close to the $97,650 typical RI ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $536,600, close to the county figure and 42% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,906 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 02842.

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 02842 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.