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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area

1,700,901 Population
1,587 square miles 1,071.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,155 ±$985 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,870 ±$2,747 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.4% ±0.8% (188,093  ±13,070) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.9 minutes ±0.5 (21,422,020  ±501,398) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

683,183 ±4,920 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (1,642,047  ±137) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±0.7% (15,531  ±2,688) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

734,331 ±181 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$471,000 ±$5,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±0.8% (174,394  ±13,071.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±1.5% (1,092,719  ±17,968) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.5% ±0.9% (443,541  ±11,386.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

23% ±0.9% (372,194  ±14,451.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

15.3% (259,826  ±13,250) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.4% (66,169  ±4,886) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
66,169 Total veterans ±4,886 61,026 Male ±4,649 5,143 Female ±1,343

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