City safety & data profile

WoonsocketRI

Woonsocket, RI is a 41K-resident city in Providence County with a median household income of $61,059.

Providence County, Rhode Island. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Woonsocket, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Woonsocket has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $311,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

41K
Population (place)
Top 26%
By size
$61,059
Median income (place)
$311,000
Median home (place)
18.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Woonsocket

Woonsocket posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Woonsocket area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Woonsocket

Where Woonsocket income ranks nationally

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

$61,059 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Woonsocket $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 Woonsocket, RI beyond the headline numbers

Woonsocket sits inside Providence County, Rhode Island, at roughly 42.00°N, -71.51°W. Population 41,475, $61,059 median household income. Median home value $311,000, median rent $1,161. Poverty rate 18.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Woonsocket, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.7% of Woonsocket, RI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Woonsocket runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.4% of Woonsocket workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13.3% in Woonsocket, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Woonsocket 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)
41,475
Woonsocket · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,059
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$311,000
-25% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Providence County): Woonsocket'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
665K+6%
Median Income
$78,787+60%
Median Home Value
$373,600+67%
Poverty Rate
13.4%-22%
Unemployment
6.5%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Woonsocket, RI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,161/mo
Poverty Rate
18.7% +51% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.8%
Work From Home 6.4%
Public Transit 1.7%

Population

White 56.5%
African American 7.1%
Asian 7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.5%
Obesity
36%
High Blood Pressure
35.2%
Physical Inactivity
34%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.6%
Current Smoking
16.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
15.8%
Current Asthma
13.3%
Diabetes
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.3%
Annual Checkup 82.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER
WOONSOCKET · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Woonsocket?

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

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Sheet RI-WOONSOCKET · Woonsocket

Woonsocket: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Woonsocket, RI? ▼
Woonsocket, RI has a population of 41,475 people, located in Providence County, Rhode Island.
What is the median household income in Woonsocket? ▼
The median household income in Woonsocket, RI is $61,059 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.7%.
What is the median home value in Woonsocket? ▼
The median home value in Woonsocket, RI is $311,000. Median rent is $1,161/month.
What are the top health concerns in Woonsocket? ▼
The top health indicators in Woonsocket include Short Sleep Duration (40.5%), Obesity (36%), High Blood Pressure (35.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Woonsocket? ▼
Woonsocket has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Woonsocket? ▼
The median age in Woonsocket, RI is 35.7 years. 19.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Woonsocket, 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 (18.7% here).

Tulsa, OK 18.7% Bullhead City, AZ 18.7% Henderson, KY 18.7% Durant, OK 18.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside RI ($61,059 here).

Park Forest, IL $61,072 Taylor, MI $61,081 Warsaw, IN $61,035 New Bern, NC $61,031

Compare Woonsocket with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

North Smithfield, RI 11K Smithfield, RI 22K Cumberland, RI 35K Lincoln, RI 22K Uxbridge, MA 13K Milford, MA 25K Franklin, MA 31K Valley Falls, RI 12K
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Using Woonsocket'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 Woonsocket area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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  • Compare Woonsocket 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 (Providence 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.