Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Rhode Island
Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Rhode Island with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite
| # | Zip | City | Rent burden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02918 | Providence | 100% |
| 2 | 02814 | Chepachet | 95.9% |
| 3 | 02822 | Exeter | 90.1% |
| 4 | 02837 | Little Compton | 76.1% |
| 5 | 02881 | Kingston | 70.3% |
| 6 | 02828 | Greenville | 66.3% |
| 7 | 02825 | Foster | 65.8% |
| 8 | 02882 | Narragansett | 65.5% |
| 9 | 02839 | Mapleville | 65.4% |
| 10 | 02808 | Bradford | 61.1% |
| 11 | 02813 | Charlestown | 60.7% |
| 12 | 02832 | Hope Valley | 59.5% |
| 13 | 02912 | Providence | 58.3% |
| 14 | 02863 | Central Falls | 56.7% |
| 15 | 02888 | Warwick | 56.2% |
| 16 | 02806 | Barrington | 55.4% |
| 17 | 02840 | Newport | 54.9% |
| 18 | 02885 | Warren | 54.6% |
| 19 | 02886 | Warwick | 54.5% |
| 20 | 02914 | East Providence | 54.3% |
| 21 | 02917 | Smithfield | 53.5% |
| 22 | 02892 | West Kingston | 53.1% |
| 23 | 02907 | Providence | 52.8% |
| 24 | 02906 | Providence | 52.5% |
| 25 | 02889 | Warwick | 52.3% |
| 26 | 02905 | Providence | 52.1% |
| 27 | 02816 | Coventry | 51.6% |
| 28 | 02835 | Jamestown | 50.7% |
| 29 | 02871 | Portsmouth | 49.7% |
| 30 | 02910 | Cranston | 49.2% |
| 31 | 02857 | North Scituate | 48.9% |
| 32 | 02860 | Pawtucket | 48.7% |
| 33 | 02879 | Wakefield | 48.6% |
| 34 | 02903 | Providence | 48.3% |
| 35 | 02864 | Cumberland | 47.9% |
| 36 | 02817 | West Greenwich | 47.5% |
| 37 | 02842 | Middletown | 46.9% |
| 38 | 02895 | Woonsocket | 46.7% |
| 39 | 02921 | Cranston | 46.2% |
| 40 | 02909 | Providence | 45.7% |
| 41 | 02891 | Westerly | 45.6% |
| 42 | 02818 | East Greenwich | 45.3% |
| 43 | 02916 | Rumford | 45.2% |
| 44 | 02904 | Providence | 44.8% |
| 45 | 02920 | Cranston | 44% |
| 46 | 02893 | West Warwick | 43.5% |
| 47 | 02852 | North Kingstown | 43.3% |
| 48 | 02908 | Providence | 42.6% |
| 49 | 02830 | Harrisville | 42.5% |
| 50 | 02911 | North Providence | 42.4% |
| 51 | 02865 | Lincoln | 42.3% |
| 52 | 02915 | Riverside | 39.5% |
| 53 | 02874 | Saunderstown | 39.4% |
| 54 | 02838 | Manville | 38.5% |
| 55 | 02919 | Johnston | 38.1% |
| 56 | 02809 | Bristol | 37.9% |
| 57 | 02896 | North Smithfield | 37.3% |
| 58 | 02861 | Pawtucket | 37.1% |
| 59 | 02859 | Pascoag | 34% |
| 60 | 02878 | Tiverton | 31.4% |
| 61 | 02841 | Newport | 26.7% |
| 62 | 02831 | Hope | 15.4% |
| 63 | 02804 | Ashaway | 13.9% |
| 64 | 02827 | Greene | 0% |
| 65 | 02898 | Wyoming | 0% |
Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite
| # | Zip | City | Rent burden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02898 | Wyoming | 0% |
| 2 | 02827 | Greene | 0% |
| 3 | 02804 | Ashaway | 13.9% |
| 4 | 02831 | Hope | 15.4% |
| 5 | 02841 | Newport | 26.7% |
| 6 | 02878 | Tiverton | 31.4% |
| 7 | 02859 | Pascoag | 34% |
| 8 | 02861 | Pawtucket | 37.1% |
| 9 | 02896 | North Smithfield | 37.3% |
| 10 | 02809 | Bristol | 37.9% |
| 11 | 02919 | Johnston | 38.1% |
| 12 | 02838 | Manville | 38.5% |
| 13 | 02874 | Saunderstown | 39.4% |
| 14 | 02915 | Riverside | 39.5% |
| 15 | 02865 | Lincoln | 42.3% |
| 16 | 02911 | North Providence | 42.4% |
| 17 | 02830 | Harrisville | 42.5% |
| 18 | 02908 | Providence | 42.6% |
| 19 | 02852 | North Kingstown | 43.3% |
| 20 | 02893 | West Warwick | 43.5% |
| 21 | 02920 | Cranston | 44% |
| 22 | 02904 | Providence | 44.8% |
| 23 | 02916 | Rumford | 45.2% |
| 24 | 02818 | East Greenwich | 45.3% |
| 25 | 02891 | Westerly | 45.6% |
| 26 | 02909 | Providence | 45.7% |
| 27 | 02921 | Cranston | 46.2% |
| 28 | 02895 | Woonsocket | 46.7% |
| 29 | 02842 | Middletown | 46.9% |
| 30 | 02817 | West Greenwich | 47.5% |
| 31 | 02864 | Cumberland | 47.9% |
| 32 | 02903 | Providence | 48.3% |
| 33 | 02879 | Wakefield | 48.6% |
| 34 | 02860 | Pawtucket | 48.7% |
| 35 | 02857 | North Scituate | 48.9% |
| 36 | 02910 | Cranston | 49.2% |
| 37 | 02871 | Portsmouth | 49.7% |
| 38 | 02835 | Jamestown | 50.7% |
| 39 | 02816 | Coventry | 51.6% |
| 40 | 02905 | Providence | 52.1% |
| 41 | 02889 | Warwick | 52.3% |
| 42 | 02906 | Providence | 52.5% |
| 43 | 02907 | Providence | 52.8% |
| 44 | 02892 | West Kingston | 53.1% |
| 45 | 02917 | Smithfield | 53.5% |
| 46 | 02914 | East Providence | 54.3% |
| 47 | 02886 | Warwick | 54.5% |
| 48 | 02885 | Warren | 54.6% |
| 49 | 02840 | Newport | 54.9% |
| 50 | 02806 | Barrington | 55.4% |
| 51 | 02888 | Warwick | 56.2% |
| 52 | 02863 | Central Falls | 56.7% |
| 53 | 02912 | Providence | 58.3% |
| 54 | 02832 | Hope Valley | 59.5% |
| 55 | 02813 | Charlestown | 60.7% |
| 56 | 02808 | Bradford | 61.1% |
| 57 | 02839 | Mapleville | 65.4% |
| 58 | 02882 | Narragansett | 65.5% |
| 59 | 02825 | Foster | 65.8% |
| 60 | 02828 | Greenville | 66.3% |
| 61 | 02881 | Kingston | 70.3% |
| 62 | 02837 | Little Compton | 76.1% |
| 63 | 02822 | Exeter | 90.1% |
| 64 | 02814 | Chepachet | 95.9% |
| 65 | 02918 | Providence | 100% |
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