Warwick, RI (Rhode Island) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 85,808 (All urban)

Warwick, Rhode Island Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 37,085 (35,517 occupied: 25,802 owner occupied, 9,715 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	27%
State:	40%

Housing density: 1045 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $233,300 (lower quartile is $191,300, upper quartile is $293,800)

Median contract rent in 2005: $804 (lower quartile is $641, upper quartile is $1,039)

Housing units in Warwick with a mortgage: 17,009 (1,789 second mortgage, 2,303 home equity loan, 85 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,810

Median year house/condo built: 1956

Median year apartment built: 1964

Household type by relationship

Households: 84,817

In family households: 70,169 (17,288 male householders, 5,776 female householders)
18,677 spouses, 24,074 children (22,431 natural, 534 adopted, 1,109 stepchildren), 1,046 grandchildren, 517 brothers or sisters, 501 parents, 858 other relatives, 1,432 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 14,648 (4,910 male householders (3,907 living alone)), 7,569 female householders (6,665 living alone)), 2,169 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 991 (683 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,106 2-persons, 5,482 3-persons, 4,847 4-persons, 1,815 5-persons, 619 6-persons, 195 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,572 1-person, 1,697 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 14 5-persons.

13,571 married couples with children.
3,705 single-parent households (881 men, 2,824 women).

92.1% of residents of Warwick speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 4,092 (4.8%)
(66.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	4.0

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Warwick, Rhode Island:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 82
3 rooms: 578
4 rooms: 2,568
5 rooms: 6,773
6 rooms: 7,325
7 rooms: 4,268
8 rooms: 2,485
9 or more rooms: 1,723

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Warwick, Rhode Island:

1 room: 443
2 rooms: 1,145
3 rooms: 2,944
4 rooms: 2,432
5 rooms: 1,522
6 rooms: 757
7 rooms: 254
8 rooms: 118
9 or more rooms: 100

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 170
1995 to 1998: 1,051
1990 to 1994: 1,369
1980 to 1989: 3,432
1970 to 1979: 5,385
1960 to 1969: 5,741
1950 to 1959: 8,236
1940 to 1949: 4,667
1939 or earlier: 7,034

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Warwick:

no bedroom: 22
1 bedroom: 892
2 bedrooms: 6,733
3 bedrooms: 14,017
4 bedrooms: 3,498
5 or more bedrooms: 640

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Warwick:

no bedroom: 508
1 bedroom: 4,359
2 bedrooms: 3,246
3 bedrooms: 1,277
4 bedrooms: 262
5 or more bedrooms: 63

Cars and other vehicles available in Warwick in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 831
1 vehicle: 7,409
2 vehicles: 12,572
3 vehicles: 3,951
4 vehicles: 747
5 or more vehicles: 292

Cars and other vehicles available in Warwick in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 1,598
1 vehicle: 5,175
2 vehicles: 2,488
3 vehicles: 350
4 vehicles: 88
5 or more vehicles: 16

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Warwick, RI:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 13
$15,000 to $19,999: 9
$20,000 to $24,999: 27
$25,000 to $29,999: 8
$30,000 to $34,999: 32
$35,000 to $39,999: 54
$40,000 to $49,999: 116
$50,000 to $59,999: 199
$60,000 to $69,999: 565
$70,000 to $79,999: 919
$80,000 to $89,999: 2352
$90,000 to $99,999: 3878
$100,000 to $124,999: 7954
$125,000 to $149,999: 3448
$150,000 to $174,999: 1435
$175,000 to $199,999: 753
$200,000 to $249,999: 830
$250,000 to $299,999: 529
$300,000 to $399,999: 376
$400,000 to $499,999: 152
$500,000 to $749,999: 93
$750,000 to $999,999: 23
$1,000,000 or more: 54

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Warwick:

Less than $100: 70
$100 to $149: 140
$150 to $199: 635
$200 to $249: 350
$250 to $299: 251
$300 to $349: 302
$350 to $399: 258
$400 to $449: 612
$450 to $499: 515
$500 to $549: 676
$550 to $599: 691
$600 to $649: 890
$650 to $699: 727
$700 to $749: 879
$750 to $799: 495
$800 to $899: 778
$900 to $999: 399
$1,000 to $1,249: 437
$1,250 to $1,499: 68
$1,500 to $1,999: 60
$2,000 or more: 109
No cash rent: 373

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 599
1990 to 1994: 290
1985 to 1989: 387
1980 to 1984: 338
1975 to 1979: 543
1970 to 1974: 432
1970 to 1974: 366
1965 to 1969: 1,137

Warwick, RI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 46.4%
Number of people working at home: 758 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1051
5 to 9 minutes: 4132
10 to 14 minutes: 7612
15 to 19 minutes: 7910
20 to 24 minutes: 8092
25 to 29 minutes: 2911
30 to 34 minutes: 4997
35 to 39 minutes: 849
40 to 44 minutes: 897
45 to 59 minutes: 1787
60 to 89 minutes: 1279
90 or more minutes: 813

Warwick mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 37,282 (87%)
Carpooled: 3,675 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 492 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
Railroad: 114 (0%)
Ferryboat: 31 (0%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Motorcycle: 35 (0%)
Bicycle: 45 (0%)
Walked: 516 (1%)
Other means: 127 (0%)
Worked at home: 758 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2441
$10,000 to $14,999: 2197
$15,000 to $19,999: 1813
$20,000 to $24,999: 2184
$25,000 to $29,999: 2182
$30,000 to $34,999: 2150
$35,000 to $39,999: 1860
$40,000 to $44,999: 2270
$45,000 to $49,999: 2104
$50,000 to $59,999: 3663
$60,000 to $74,999: 4686
$75,000 to $99,999: 4326
$100,000 to $124,999: 1827
$125,000 to $149,999: 824
$150,000 to $199,999: 528
$200,000 or more: 488

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 16590
Italian: 15913
English: 8571
French (except Basque): 6057
Portuguese: 4459
Other groups: 4426
French Canadian: 3385
German: 2724
United States or American: 2433
Polish: 1954
Swedish: 1804
Scotch-Irish: 1172
Scottish: 1026
Armenian: 734
Russian: 597
Arab:: 414
Norwegian: 341
Subsaharan African:: 313
Greek: 259
Lebanese: 258
Dutch: 240
Cape Verdean: 228
British: 222
Lithuanian: 216
Canadian: 194
European: 147
Welsh: 144
Ukrainian: 143
Finnish: 104
Austrian: 94
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 86
Hungarian: 78
Egyptian: 76
Danish: 75
Syrian: 73
Swiss: 65
African: 54
Czechoslovakian: 50
Eastern European: 49
Czech: 48
Belgian: 44
Iranian: 37
Haitian: 35
Estonian: 33
Scandinavian: 28
Liberian: 21
Barbadian: 17
Turkish: 16
Romanian: 16
Slovak: 15
Latvian: 11
West Indian: 11
Jamaican: 9
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 9
Other Arab: 7
Brazilian: 7
Croatian: 7
Australian: 6
South African: 5
Albanian: 5
Israeli: 5
Slovene: 5
Other Subsaharan African: 5
Dutch West Indian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Portugal (16%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Canada (8%)
Italy (7%)
Germany (5%)
Philippines (4%)
India (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 65054
Northeast: 11314
Midwest: 1617
South: 2011
West: 1131

66% of Warwick residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Rhode Island.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 112
Nursery to 4th grade: 73
5th and 6th grade: 113
7th and 8th grade: 702
9th grade: 748
10th grade: 1,021
11th grade: 614
12th grade, no diploma: 1,071
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,652
Less than 1 year of college: 1,936
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,435
Associate degree: 2,373
Bachelor's degree: 5,118
Master's degree: 1,388
Professional school degree: 646
Doctorate degree: 264

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 192
Nursery to 4th grade: 77
5th and 6th grade: 169
7th and 8th grade: 734
9th grade: 923
10th grade: 916
11th grade: 979
12th grade, no diploma: 764
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,035
Less than 1 year of college: 2,378
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,485
Associate degree: 2,747
Bachelor's degree: 5,055
Master's degree: 1,955
Professional school degree: 506
Doctorate degree: 95

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 14.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 2.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 1.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.4%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $46,361
Black householders: $38,182
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $50,962
Asian householders: $64,583
Some other race householders: $44,191
Two or more races householders: $60,147
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $44,612

Warwick household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Warwick household income for Black or African American householders

Warwick household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Warwick household income for Asian householders

Warwick household income for some other race householders

Warwick household income for two or more races householders

Warwick household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Warwick marital status for males

Warwick marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $111,800
Black or African American householders: $121,300
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $96,200
Asian householders: $113,800
Some other race householders: $96,900
Two or more races householders: $98,000
Hispanic or Latino householders: $103,500

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 27,106
One, attached: 822
Two: 1,634
3 or 4: 1,051
5 to 9: 798
10 to 19: 1,980
20 to 49: 1,584
50 or more: 1,977
Mobile homes: 125
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Warwick:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (56%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
Electricity (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (62%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
Electricity (16%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,344

Here:	15.2%
Rhode Island:	12.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 462

Here:	10.5%
Rhode Island:	12.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,029

Here:	27.2%
Rhode Island:	43.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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