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5 Housing
Table 5-4 – Year Structure Built
Year Built
Newport
2010 or Later
2000 - 2009
1990 - 1999
1980 - 1989
40
634
371
819
Westerly
0.3%
4.8%
2.8%
6.2%
1970 - 1979
1,035
7.9%
1960 - 1969
714
5.4%
1950 - 1959
911
6.9%
1940 - 1949
703
5.3%
1930 or Earlier
7,943
60.3%
TOTAL
13,170
100.0%
Source: 2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Rhode Island
50
714
784
1,314
0.6%
8.2%
9.0%
15.1%
1,721
29,263
33,495
47,526
0.4%
6.3%
7.2%
10.3%
889
1,014
966
377
2,622
8,730
10.2%
11.6%
11.1%
4.3%
30.0%
100.0%
57,297
50,282
59,152
32,442
151,752
462,930
12.4%
10.9%
12.8%
7.0%
32.8%
100.0%
Housing Tenure
Table 5-5 explains Newport’s housing tenure, or the number of housing units that are owner occupied or renter
occupied. Unlike the Town of Westerly and the State of Newport as a whole, a majority of Newport’s housing tenure
is renter occupied.
Table 5-5 –Housing Tenure
Owner Occupied
Units
%
Owner
Occupied
Renter Occupied
Units
%
Renter
Occupied
4,528
4,632
4,843
42.6%
43.6%
41.9%
6,098
5,984
6,723
57.4%
56.4%
58.1%
10,626
10,616
11,566
2014
2010
4,619
4,772
60.4%
62.0%
3,025
2,924
39.6%
38.0%
7,644
7,696
2000
4,452
60.6%
2,894
39.4%
7,346
39.7%
39.3%
40.0%
409,569
413,600
408,424
Year
Total
Occupied
Housing Units
City of Newport
2014
2010
2000
Town of Westerly
State of Rhode Island
2014
246,829
60.3%
162,740
2010
250,952
60.7%
162,648
2000
245,156
60.0%
163,268
Source: 2000 & 2010 U.S. Census, 2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Map 5-2 displays the housing statistics referenced in Tables 5-4 and 5-5, but for each individual census tract. This
information is drawn from the 2010 Decennial Census.
Draft Existing Conditions (March 2016)
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