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Cranston, RI

84,445 Population
28.3 square miles 2,979.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 41 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 41 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,056 ±$4,198 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $46,155 ±$985
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $47,260 ±$1,407
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,189 ±$12,698 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $82,870 ±$2,747
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $83,504 ±$3,548
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.8% ±3.6% (10,404  ±2,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.4% 188,093 (±0.8% / ±13,070)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 12.2% 130,333 (±1.1% / ±11,261)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±0.9 (888,905  ±46,112) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 26.6 19,431,550 (±0.2 / ±214,901)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,333 ±2,177 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 683,183 ±4,920
  • Rhode Island: 448,318 ±4,122
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (80,894  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,642,047 (±0 / ±137)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,068,324
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±3.7% (1,263  ±753) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4% † 15,531 (±0.7% / ±2,688)
  • nearly double the rate in Rhode Island: 3.5% † 8,924 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,284 ±2,411 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 734,331 ±181
  • Rhode Island: 488,011 ±154
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$415,200 ±$17,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $471,000 ±$5,256
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $455,700 ±$6,647
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.3% ±4.6% (11,937  ±3,808.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.3% 174,394 (±0.8% / ±13,071.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.3% 125,111 (±1% / ±11,277.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.7% ±5.8% (51,529  ±4,176.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 89.9% 1,092,719 (±1.5% / ±17,968)
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 90.4% 720,699 (±1.9% / ±14,873.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.7% ±4.1% (23,305  ±2,649.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 36.5% 443,541 (±0.9% / ±11,386.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 39% 310,882 (±1.2% / ±9,559.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.9% ±4% (12,550  ±3,335) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 15.3% 259,826
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 15.7% 174,869
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±1.4% (2,390  ±941) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.8% 66,169 (±0.4% / ±4,886)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.8% 43,418 (±0.5% / ±4,110)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,390 Total veterans ±941 2,241 Male ±947 149 Female ±173

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