The median value of an owner-occupied housing unit is $133,000 (2000), ranked fifteenth in the country.
Jamestown, located west of Newport, is actually the richest community in the state.
Other notable affluent areas include Barrington and East and West Greenwich.
Besides these areas, Rhode Island is mostly a middle-income state, as a majority of the population lives in the urban city Providence.
69% of Rhode Island places do however have per capita incomes higher than the national average, one of the highest percentages of any state, but 11.9% of the population lives below the poverty line.