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Johnston town, Providence County, RI

29,559 Population
23.5 square miles 1,259 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Providence County: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$45,447 ±$5,373 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Providence County: $40,689 ±$731
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$87,514 ±$5,805 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Providence County: $78,204 ±$1,588
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

8.6% ±2.4% (2,511  ±702) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Providence County: 13% 82,273 (±0.6% / ±4,065)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

23 minutes ±2.7 (271,260  ±21,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Providence County: 25.6 7,325,020 (±0.3 / ±142,834)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

11,359 ±538 Number of households
  • Providence County: 256,505 ±1,205
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.5 ±0.1 (28,855  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Providence County: 2.5 630,478 (±0 / ±161)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

10% ±4.5% (659  ±302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Providence County: 4.7% † 7,584 (±0.5% / ±807)
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

12,057 ±580 Number of housing units
  • Providence County: 277,117 ±116
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$326,100 ±$16,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Providence County: $339,100 ±$3,187
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

6.7% ±2% (1,938  ±577.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Providence County: 11.9% 77,669 (±0.6% / ±3,951.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

90.8% ±5.1% (19,891  ±1,331) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Providence County: 86.3% 395,452 (±1.1% / ±5,148.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
28.9% ±3.6% (6,340  ±813.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Providence County: 32.2% 147,584 (±0.7% / ±3,207.9)
  • about 80 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

10.9% ±2.3% (3,213  ±681) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Providence County: 20.3% 133,687
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

5.5% ±1.4% (1,311  ±344) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Providence County: 4.2% 22,114 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
1,311 Total veterans ±344 1,236 Male ±332 75 Female ±72

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