Home values, rents and more in Portsmouth, RI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Portsmouth compares
The typical home in Portsmouth, RI is worth about $686,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Portsmouth are 31% above the typical value in the Providence metro area ($522,000) and 1.9 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Portsmouth rose 3.6%, compared with +3.6% in the Providence metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,887 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 33% above the Providence metro area ($2,166) and 49% above the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $117,467, against $87,040 in the Providence metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,644 people live in Portsmouth (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Portsmouth has the 13th-highest typical home value of the 59 cities in the Providence metro area and the 11th-highest of 40 in Rhode Island with Zillow figures.
Part of: Newport County, RI · Providence metro area · Rhode Island
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.