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West Warwick town, Kent County, RI

31,173 Population
7.8 square miles 3,980.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,795 ±$2,730 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $50,854 ±$1,326
  • a little less than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,608 ±$6,727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $94,345 ±$3,282
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±2.5% (2,982  ±788) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 7.5% † 12,673 (±0.8% / ±1,401)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±1.6 (399,170  ±33,744) 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)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,361 ±531 Number of households
  • Kent County: 72,839 ±553
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (30,976  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 2.3 169,496 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.3% (210  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 5.1% † 1,902 (±1% / ±389)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,269 ±463 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 76,529 ±58
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$330,800 ±$11,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $366,100 ±$4,263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.7% (3,279  ±839.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 9.1% 15,540 (±0.9% / ±1,490.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±5.2% (21,698  ±1,356) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 93.1% 119,819 (±2.2% / ±2,777.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.4% ±3% (6,335  ±739.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 34.7% 44,607 (±1.3% / ±1,612.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.2% ±1.9% (2,870  ±601) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 7.1% 12,246
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.5% (1,727  ±389) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,727 Total veterans ±389 1,569 Male ±380 158 Female ±115

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