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West Greenwich town, Kent County, RI

6,598 Population
50.3 square miles 131.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 43.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$50,238 ±$5,645 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $49,243 ±$1,219
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$137,485 ±$13,612 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kent County: $91,278 ±$2,325
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

1.8% ±1.2% (115  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kent County: 7.4% † 12,500 (±0.9% / ±1,559)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

27.6 minutes ±2.5 (82,855  ±12,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 25.2 1,997,575 (±0.7 / ±68,145)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

2,401 ±178 Number of households
  • Kent County: 72,743 ±563
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.7 ±0.2 (6,559  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.3 168,951 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

2.6% ±3.2% (38  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 5.8% † 2,155 (±1% / ±383)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

2,509 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 76,319 ±62
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$500,500 ±$52,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kent County: $333,900 ±$5,844
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

12.5% ±5.9% (818  ±388.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 9.5% 16,039 (±0.9% / ±1,486.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

91.2% ±11.4% (4,549  ±607.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.8% 118,263 (±2.1% / ±2,637.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
34.6% ±6.5% (1,727  ±333) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 34.3% 43,713 (±1.2% / ±1,474.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.4% ±3.8% (688  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 6.8% 11,582
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

8.4% ±3.1% (454  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 7.3% 10,160 (±0.5% / ±709)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
454 Total veterans ±165 434 Male ±158 20 Female ±33

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