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East Greenwich town, Kent County, RI

14,554 Population
16.4 square miles 888.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$84,682 ±$8,300 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kent County: $50,854 ±$1,326
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
$177,090 ±$23,673 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Kent County: $94,345 ±$3,282
  • about double the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209

4.7% ±2.3% (662  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 7.5% † 12,673 (±0.8% / ±1,401)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)

24.9 minutes ±1.4 (150,340  ±15,809) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 25.1 1,978,510 (±0.6 / ±63,734)
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)

Families

5,404 ±280 Number of households
  • Kent County: 72,839 ±553
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
2.6 ±0.1 (14,156  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.3 169,496 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168

5.1% ±3.4% (160  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 5.1% † 1,902 (±1% / ±389)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)

Housing

5,690 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 76,529 ±58
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179

$671,700 ±$30,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Kent County: $366,100 ±$4,263
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032

8.8% ±3.1% (1,263  ±452.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 9.1% 15,540 (±0.9% / ±1,490.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)

Social

97.8% ±6.6% (9,969  ±759.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 93.1% 119,819 (±2.2% / ±2,777.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
69.8% ±5.4% (7,116  ±605.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Kent County: 34.7% 44,607 (±1.3% / ±1,612.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)

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

13.4% ±3.9% (1,956  ±569) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Kent County: 7.1% 12,246
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502

6.7% ±1.9% (731  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 6.8% 9,480 (±0.5% / ±712)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
731 Total veterans ±210 710 Male ±215 21 Female ±27

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