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Foster town, Providence County, RI

4,481 Population
50.8 square miles 88.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Providence County: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$43,983 ±$3,733 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Providence County: $40,689 ±$731
  • a little less than the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$110,782 ±$10,130 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Providence County: $78,204 ±$1,588
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

3.9% ±2.4% (175  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Providence County: 13% 82,273 (±0.6% / ±4,065)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

33 minutes ±5.2 (66,830  ±7,390) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Providence County: 25.6 7,325,020 (±0.3 / ±142,834)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

1,504 ±135 Number of households
  • Providence County: 256,505 ±1,205
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
3 ±0.3 (4,475  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Providence County: 2.5 630,478 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

9.3% ±6.9% (100  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Providence County: 4.7% † 7,584 (±0.5% / ±807)
  • about double the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

1,525 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Providence County: 277,117 ±116
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$390,900 ±$21,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Providence County: $339,100 ±$3,187
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

4.4% ±2.5% (192  ±109) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Providence County: 11.9% 77,669 (±0.6% / ±3,951.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

93.2% ±9.2% (3,122  ±352.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Providence County: 86.3% 395,452 (±1.1% / ±5,148.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
35.6% ±6% (1,192  ±211.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Providence County: 32.2% 147,584 (±0.7% / ±3,207.9)
  • a little less than 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

2.1% ±1.1% (95  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Providence County: 20.3% 133,687
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

4% ±1.7% (147  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Providence County: 4.2% 22,114 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
147 Total veterans ±62 147 Male ±62 N/A Female ±14

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