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West Warwick town, Kent County, RI

30,909 Population
7.8 square miles 3,946.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 43.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$40,596 ±$2,654 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $46,564 ±$1,282
  • a little less than the amount in Rhode Island: $43,324 ±$529
$71,851 ±$6,096 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $85,732 ±$2,795
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $81,370 ±$1,213

9.5% ±2.2% (2,910  ±672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 7.5% † 12,655 (±0.9% / ±1,427)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,033 (±0.4% / ±4,599)

24.1 minutes ±1.2 (382,075  ±28,152) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 25.4 2,042,830 (±0.5 / ±58,162)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.3 12,409,750 (±0.2 / ±155,612)

Families

13,878 ±487 Number of households
  • Kent County: 72,199 ±551
  • Rhode Island: 432,219 ±1,811
2.2 ±0.1 (30,719  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.3 168,551 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,049,253

4.6% ±2.9% (336  ±215) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.8% † 2,146 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,791 (±0.4% / ±989)

Housing

14,593 ±507 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 76,104 ±92
  • Rhode Island: 483,053 ±207

$276,100 ±$7,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $306,000 ±$7,194
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $343,100 ±$2,810

13.5% ±2.8% (4,152  ±,858.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 9.5% 15,962 (±0.9% / ±1,567.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,695 (±0.4% / ±4,285.1)

Social

90.8% ±5.2% (21,164  ±1,315.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.8% 117,383 (±2% / ±2,533.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 89.4% 689,349 (±0.9% / ±6,651.6)
25.2% ±2.7% (5,876  ±,635.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 33.6% 42,491 (±1.2% / ±1,501.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 36.3% 279,825 (±0.5% / ±4,058.5)

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

8.1% ±1.6% (2,498  ±484) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 6.7% 11,341
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.4% 157,761

8.5% ±1.8% (2,180  ±466) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 7.9% 10,987 (±0.5% / ±666)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.7% 50,470 (±0.2% / ±1,489)
2,180 Total veterans ±466 2,029 Male ±447 151 Female ±110

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