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Central Falls, RI

22,481 Population
1.2 square miles 18,828.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$20,202 ±$1,832 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $45,170 ±$442
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$45,921 ±$6,031 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $85,646 ±$1,103
  • about half the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

22.3% ±4.4% (4,825  ±958) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.2% 180,736 (±0.4% / ±6,068)
  • about double the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

24.8 minutes ±1.7 (213,735  ±24,529) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 26.5 19,574,960 (±0.2 / ±245,980)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

7,487 ±541 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 669,104 ±2,180
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.9 ±0.2 (21,630  ±83) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,614,754 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

4.9% ±2.5% (277  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.7% 18,181 (±0.3% / ±1,153)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

8,341 ±564 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 728,781 ±197
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$300,500 ±$27,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $385,900 ±$2,419
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

17.5% ±5.1% (3,901  ±1,135.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.7% 177,302 (±0.3% / ±5,461.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

60.4% ±5.9% (8,509  ±915.2) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 88.4% 1,047,758 (±0.7% / ±8,250.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
11.5% ±2.6% (1,626  ±375.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 35% 415,014 (±0.4% / ±5,072.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)

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

40.2% ±4.8% (9,037  ±1,079) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 14.4% 240,268
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

1.9% ±1.2% (316  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 5.4% 72,194 (±0.1% / ±1,816)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
316 Total veterans ±198 262 Male ±182 54 Female ±60

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