Best PlacesNewport East, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newport East, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Newport East ranks 7,606th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newport East
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.
Newport East's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newport East ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Newport East ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,405 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newport East
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newport East home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,801, 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 Newport East's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Newport East
Newport East 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 Newport East.
Who works in Newport East, and how
Work in Newport East centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Newport East
Newport East has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Newport East and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newport East, month by month
Newport East 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 Newport East
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newport East
Schools across Newport East average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Gaudet Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Frank E. Thompson MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Middletown High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Rogers High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newport East school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newport East 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 Newport East against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newport East
Is Newport East a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newport East ranks 7,606th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and walkability, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newport East expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $558,655. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $102,801 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Newport East safe?
Newport East is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Newport East with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newport East. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newport East 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.
Newport East detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newport East: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newport East: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newport East: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newport East: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newport East 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.