Best PlacesLittle Compton, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Compton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Little Compton ranks 6,278th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Little Compton
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Little Compton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Compton ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$136,624 median, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Little Compton ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,405 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Compton
A household needs to earn about $192,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Compton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $136,624, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Little Compton's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Little Compton
Little Compton runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Little Compton.
Who works in Little Compton, and how
Work in Little Compton centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Little Compton
Little Compton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Little Compton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Little Compton, month by month
Little Compton sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Little Compton
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Compton
Schools across Little Compton average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilbur And Mcmahon SchoolsB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tiverton Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Portsmouth High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Westport Middle-high SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Middletown High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Compton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Compton measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Little Compton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Compton
Is Little Compton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Compton ranks 6,278th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state finances and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Compton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $760,169. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $136,624 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Little Compton safe?
Yes, Little Compton is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $128 per resident a year.
Compare Little Compton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Compton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Compton represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Little Compton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Compton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Compton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Compton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Compton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Compton detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.