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Census Tract 147, Providence, RI

8,420 Population
1.4 square miles 5,985.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cranston: 39.6 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Providence County: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,271 ±$3,544 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cranston: $45,258 ±$1,687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Providence County: $41,523 ±$633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
$56,005 ±$8,191 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cranston: $90,206 ±$4,068
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Providence County: $78,787 ±$1,722
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209

13.1% ±4.5% (1,101  ±412) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cranston: 10.2% † 8,154 (±1.5% / ±1,211)
  • about the same as the rate in Providence County: 13.4% 85,582 (±0.6% / ±3,827)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)

21.3 minutes ±2.5 (71,770  ±16,142) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cranston: 24.3 888,905 (±0.9 / ±46,112)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Providence County: 25.9 7,334,030 (±0.3 / ±139,010)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)

Families

3,051 ±246 Number of households
  • Cranston: 32,595 ±787
  • Providence County: 259,210 ±1,297
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
2.7 ±0.3 (8,351  ±1,175) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cranston: 2.4 79,650 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Providence County: 2.5 637,099 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168

3.5% ±3.6% (77  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cranston: 4.5% † 839 (±1.4% / ±267)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Providence County: 4.7% 7,665 (±0.4% / ±676)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)

Housing

3,213 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Cranston: 33,834 ±805
  • Providence County: 277,740 ±167
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179

$317,900 ±$33,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cranston: $378,300 ±$7,077
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Providence County: $373,600 ±$3,437
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032

10% ±5% (834  ±431.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cranston: 10.7% † 8,807 (±1.5% / ±1,241.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Providence County: 12.1% 79,447 (±0.6% / ±3,959.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)

Social

87.2% ±7.2% (4,831  ±685.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cranston: 89.8% 54,693 (±3% / ±2,022)
  • about the same as the rate in Providence County: 86.5% 400,728 (±1.2% / ±5,503.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
24.6% ±6% (1,361  ±365.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cranston: 36.4% 22,168 (±1.9% / ±1,194.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Providence County: 32.3% 149,556 (±0.7% / ±3,244.5)
  • about two-thirds of 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

32% ±7.7% (2,694  ±746) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Cranston: 16.2% 13,462 (±1.4% / ±1,158)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Providence County: 20.9% 138,851
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502

1.5% ±1.1% (97  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cranston: 3.6% † 2,377 (±0.6% / ±419)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Providence County: 4% 21,324 (±0.2% / ±1,238)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
97 Total veterans ±71 64 Male ±49 33 Female ±51

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