City safety & data profile

WarwickRI

Warwick, RI is a 82K-resident city in Kent County with a median household income of $88,708.

Kent County, Rhode Island. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Warwick, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Warwick has a population larger than 90% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $354,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

82K
Population (place)
Top 10%
By size
$88,708
Median income (place)
$354,600
Median home (place)
7.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Warwick

Warwick posts a median household income higher than 59% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Warwick area.

Top 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Warwick

Where Warwick income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$88,708 Top 41% higher than 59% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Warwick $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in RI

Population among 11 RI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Providence is the largest RI city on this list; Westerly leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in RI

Median household income among the same 11-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Westerly posts the highest place-level median income in RI; Providence is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Warwick, RI beyond the headline numbers

Warwick sits inside Kent County, Rhode Island, at roughly 41.70°N, -71.42°W. Population 81,699, $88,708 median household income. Median home value $354,600, median rent $1,363. Poverty rate 7.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Warwick, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.6%, poverty in Warwick, RI runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Warwick runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 12.4% of Warwick workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Warwick, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

At 44.3 years, Warwick's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Warwick from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
81,699
Warwick · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$88,708
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$354,600
-14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kent County): Warwick's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
171K+4%
Median Income
$94,345+51%
Median Home Value
$366,100+66%
Poverty Rate
7.5%-14%
Unemployment
4.7%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Warwick, RI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,363/mo
Poverty Rate
7.6% -39% vs avg
Unemployment 5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.7%
Work From Home 12.4%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 83.6%
African American 2.9%
Asian 3.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.6%
Short Sleep Duration
35.3%
Obesity
33%
Physical Inactivity
23.9%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.2%
Current Smoking
12.8%
Diabetes
12.1%
Current Asthma
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72%
Annual Checkup 86%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
6.1%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
KENT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
WARWICK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Warwick?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Warwick right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet RI-WARWICK · Warwick

Warwick: 27 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 27 on record
  • MIX-LED 96% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Warwick

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 27 tagged notices on record for Warwick.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ9)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Warwick; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Rhode Island state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (27 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Warwick, RI? ▼
Warwick, RI has a population of 81,699 people, located in Kent County, Rhode Island.
What is the median household income in Warwick? ▼
The median household income in Warwick, RI is $88,708 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.6%.
What is the median home value in Warwick? ▼
The median home value in Warwick, RI is $354,600. Median rent is $1,363/month.
What are the top health concerns in Warwick? ▼
The top health indicators in Warwick include High Blood Pressure (37.6%), Short Sleep Duration (35.3%), Obesity (33%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Warwick? ▼
Warwick has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Warwick? ▼
The median age in Warwick, RI is 44.3 years. 33.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Warwick, both outside Rhode Island so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside RI (7.6% here).

Coral Springs, FL 7.6% Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% Chino Hills, CA 7.6% Rockville, MD 7.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside RI ($88,708 here).

Saddlebrooke, AZ $88,686 Clawson, MI $88,636 Buffalo, MN $88,820 Overlea, MD $88,841

Compare Warwick with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

East Greenwich, RI 14K Cranston, RI 81K West Warwick, RI 30K Barrington, RI 17K East Providence, RI 47K Providence, RI 191K Seekonk, MA 14K Warren, RI 11K
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Using Warwick's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Warwick area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Warwick against Rhode Island peers on any ranking lens. Explore Rhode Island

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Kent County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.