Little Compton, RI
Tracking 3,413 properties across Little Compton, Rhode Island — a community where the median home dates to 1975 and the oldest to 1700. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Little Compton, RIInc. 1659
Little Compton is the most rural and remote town in Newport County, occupying the southeastern corner of Rhode Island. The town has deliberately preserved its agricultural character through large-lot zoning and conservation, and the landscape of stone walls, farms, and ocean vistas feels more like a preserved 19th-century New England community than a modern suburb. The coastline along the Sakonnet River and the Atlantic creates waterfront properties with direct ocean exposure.
For property professionals, Little Compton is a niche market — affluent, rural, and coastal, with very limited transaction volume and properties where setting, privacy, and waterfront access drive values.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
423 properties (12%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Coastal & Water Exposure
2,957 properties (87%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 1,082 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
The Property Landscape
3,413 properties · Median year built 1975 · Avg 2,087 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Newport County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 96% of Little Compton properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Building Permits & Maintenance
6,310 municipal building permits on file · 45% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 6,310 building permits across 1,536 Little Compton properties — 45% coverage. 1,132 properties have permit activity in the last five years.
Each permit record reveals maintenance decisions: roof replacements, electrical upgrades, kitchen renovations, solar installations. For insurance, lending, and appraisal professionals, permit history is the most objective evidence of property condition available from public records.
Living in Little Compton
Newport County · Rhode Island
Little Compton covers 20.6 square miles in Newport County, Rhode Island. The median assessed property value is $557K.
Single-family homes account for 1,796 of Little Compton's 3,413 properties and 305 multi-family buildings. There are 50 commercial properties and 402 parcels of vacant land. About 35% of properties are owner-occupied, and 24% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $312K and $949K, with the highest assessed property at $20.5M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most properties rely on private septic systems. Electric service is provided by THE NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC CO. 125 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Little Compton its character.
What Little Compton Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 12% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 87% in the coastal zone, Little Compton concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Little Compton's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1700 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsLending & Title
Collateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 12% of Little Compton properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsInspection & Property Services
6,310 permits across 45% of properties means most Little Compton inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Little Compton property intelligence.
3,413 Little Compton properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.
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