PlainZIP

Portsmouth, RI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Portsmouth, RI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,171. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PORTSMOUTH-RI · Portsmouth, RI 1 ZIPs · 17,171 pop · #2443/25278 · Newport County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $116,831
  • RANK-TOP #2443/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Tiverton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,171
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $597,000

Nearest income peer: Tiverton, RI ( $10,795 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Portsmouth

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Portsmouth on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Portsmouth, RI sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,171
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$116,831
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $116,831 and home value $597,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 62.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Portsmouth as a pure owner town.

Within Rhode Island, Albion is the closest lower-income city and Cumberland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Portsmouth.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 02871, is all of Portsmouth

There is no split to weigh here: 02871 holds every one of Portsmouth's 17,171 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Portsmouth's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 448 establishments, 5,026 employees , annual payroll $331,999k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02871 (448 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (87) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Portsmouth, RI

These ZIP codes sit in Newport County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Portsmouth. See the Newport County roll-up →

Portsmouth sits in the lower half of Newport County on income: Newport, Jamestown and Little Compton report more, Middletown and Tiverton report less. Jamestown marks the far end of that range at $140,625, 20% above Portsmouth.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02871 17,171 $116,831 448 389
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Portsmouth roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Portsmouth, .