The Best Places To Live in Rhode Island
If you are thinking about the best places to live in Rhode Island, then we’ve got some interesting data for you. First, we’ve found a site that used science and data to determine which Rhode Island cities are the cream of the crop.
Here’s the top 10 best places to live:
- Kingston: Kingston is a village and a census-designated place in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main campus of the University of Rhode Island. The population was 6,974 at the 2010 census.
- Ashaway: Ashaway (/ˈæʃəweɪ/) is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hopkinton, Rhode Island. It is a principal village of Hopkinton, along with Hope Valley, although it is the smaller of the two. The population was 1,485 at the 2010 census.
- Cumberland Hill: Cumberland Hill is a census-designated place in the town of Cumberland, in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
- Hope Valley: Hope Valley is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hopkinton in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- Cranston: Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The official population of the city is 80,559 (2010 census), making it the second largest in the state.
- Narragansett Pier: Narragansett Pier is an unincorporated village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Narragansett in Washington County, Rhode Island. The population was 3,409 at the 2010 census.
- Warwick: Warwick (/ˈwɔːrwɪk/ or /ˈwɔːrɪk/) is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island. It is the third largest city in the state with a population of 80,487 at the 2020 census.
- Wakefield-Peacedale: Wakefield-Peacedale is in the town of South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, that includes the villages of Peace Dale and Wakefield. The population was 8,487 at the 2010 census.
- Newport East: Newport East is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
- Greenville: Greenville is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Smithfield in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 8,658 at the 2010 census.[3]
The Happiest Places To live in Rhode Island
Coincidentally, when looking for the happiest places in Rhode Island, we found the same 10 places according to a different site! Their objective was to “find the cities in Rhode Island where life is sweetest, the wages are high, and people aren’t wasting their lives away in cars”.
Update from December 2020 Blog Post
Dias Team Sold Property Listing. Cumberland is number 3 of the best places to live.
We can provide you with the number of listings available in the area you would like to live in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. For example, at the time of this writing we have 43 listing For Sale in Warwick. Prices range from $129,900 to $1,500,000. Warwick is number 7 on the list of best places to live.
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