Woonsocket, RI (Rhode Island) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 43,268 (All urban)

Woonsocket, Rhode Island Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 18,757 (17,750 occupied: 6,214 owner occupied, 11,536 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	65%
State:	40%

Housing density: 2434 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $641 (lower quartile is $413, upper quartile is $762)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $667

Median gross rent in Woonsocket, RI in 2007: $741

Housing units in Woonsocket with a mortgage: 2,754 (349 second mortgage, 318 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,166

Woonsocket,RI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $258,170 (it was $113,800 in 2000)

Woonsocket:	$258,170
Rhode Island:	$292,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $213,277 - $301,364

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $255,392
Here: $255,392
State: $363,749

Townhouses or other attached units: $269,328
Here: $269,328
State: $317,911

In 2-unit structures: $277,974
Here: $277,974
State: $291,227

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $301,646
Here: $301,646
State: $312,996

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $288,432
Here: $288,432
State: $224,892

Mobile homes: $33,750
Here: $33,750
State: $45,819

Household type by relationship

Households: 42,142

In family households: 33,820 (7,102 male householders, 3,717 female householders)
7,287 spouses, 13,069 children (12,166 natural, 264 adopted, 639 stepchildren), 478 grandchildren, 360 brothers or sisters, 290 parents, 444 other relatives, 1,073 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,322 (3,288 male householders (2,564 living alone)), 3,664 female householders (3,243 living alone)), 1,370 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,082 (772 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,324 2-persons, 2,870 3-persons, 2,163 4-persons, 988 5-persons, 290 6-persons, 184 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,807 1-person, 998 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

5,562 married couples with children.
4,707 single-parent households (816 men, 3,891 women).

73.9% of residents of Woonsocket speak English at home.
8.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
13.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,239 (7.5%)
(44.9% 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:	4.1
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Woonsocket, Rhode Island:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 16 3 rooms: 115 4 rooms: 646 5 rooms: 1,800 6 rooms: 1,302 7 rooms: 800 8 rooms: 723 9 or more rooms: 812

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woonsocket, Rhode Island:
	1 room: 298 2 rooms: 942 3 rooms: 2,483 4 rooms: 3,381 5 rooms: 2,680 6 rooms: 1,209 7 rooms: 304 8 rooms: 128 9 or more rooms: 111

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 60
1995 to 1998: 211
1990 to 1994: 190
1980 to 1989: 749
1970 to 1979: 1,765
1960 to 1969: 2,094
1950 to 1959: 2,298
1940 to 1949: 2,069
1939 or earlier: 9,321

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Woonsocket:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 194 2 bedrooms: 1,638 3 bedrooms: 2,802 4 bedrooms: 1,122 5 or more bedrooms: 458

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woonsocket:
	no bedroom: 379 1 bedroom: 3,665 2 bedrooms: 4,486 3 bedrooms: 2,535 4 bedrooms: 362 5 or more bedrooms: 109

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Woonsocket in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 245 1 vehicle: 1,779 2 vehicles: 2,747 3 vehicles: 1,081 4 vehicles: 236 5 or more vehicles: 126

Cars and other vehicles available in Woonsocket in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,831 1 vehicle: 5,541 2 vehicles: 2,768 3 vehicles: 295 4 vehicles: 38 5 or more vehicles: 63

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Woonsocket, RI:

Less than $10,000: 3
$10,000 to $14,999: 1
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 3
$25,000 to $29,999: 5
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 16
$50,000 to $59,999: 19
$60,000 to $69,999: 2
$70,000 to $79,999: 11
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 10
$100,000 to $124,999: 41
$125,000 to $149,999: 74
$150,000 to $174,999: 206
$175,000 to $199,999: 532
$200,000 to $249,999: 1862
$250,000 to $299,999: 1704
$300,000 to $399,999: 1493
$400,000 to $499,999: 155
$500,000 to $749,999: 65
$750,000 to $999,999: 8
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Woonsocket rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Woonsocket:

Less than $100: 163 people
$100 to $149: 81
$150 to $199: 335
$200 to $249: 444
$250 to $299: 578
$300 to $349: 336
$350 to $399: 317
$400 to $449: 345
$450 to $499: 541
$500 to $549: 674
$550 to $599: 898
$600 to $649: 1,177
$650 to $699: 1,195
$700 to $749: 932
$750 to $799: 845
$800 to $899: 1,230
$900 to $999: 727
$1,000 to $1,249: 325
$1,250 to $1,499: 51
$1,500 to $1,999: 43
$2,000 or more: 86
No cash rent: 224

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 539 1990 to 1994: 708 1985 to 1989: 497 1980 to 1984: 617 1975 to 1979: 140 1970 to 1974: 131 1970 to 1974: 103 1965 to 1969: 504

Woonsocket, RI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 61.8%
Number of people working at home: 218 (1.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 743
5 to 9 minutes: 2789
10 to 14 minutes: 3052
15 to 19 minutes: 2441
20 to 24 minutes: 2561
25 to 29 minutes: 1117
30 to 34 minutes: 2431
35 to 39 minutes: 450
40 to 44 minutes: 570
45 to 59 minutes: 1107
60 to 89 minutes: 845
90 or more minutes: 405

Woonsocket mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 14,852 (79%)
Carpooled: 2,629 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 140 (1%)
Railroad: 57 (0%)
Ferryboat: 4 (0%)
Taxi: 15 (0%)
Bicycle: 23 (0%)
Walked: 636 (3%)
Other means: 155 (1%)
Worked at home: 218 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3074
$10,000 to $14,999: 1676
$15,000 to $19,999: 1303
$20,000 to $24,999: 1399
$25,000 to $29,999: 1194
$30,000 to $34,999: 1262
$35,000 to $39,999: 1279
$40,000 to $44,999: 904
$45,000 to $49,999: 927
$50,000 to $59,999: 1362
$60,000 to $74,999: 1493
$75,000 to $99,999: 1121
$100,000 to $124,999: 412
$125,000 to $149,999: 153
$150,000 to $199,999: 106
$200,000 or more: 106

First ancestries reported:

French Canadian: 9433

French (except Basque): 7977

Other groups: 6401

Italian: 2825

Irish: 2712

United States or American: 1347

English: 1316

Polish: 1138

Portuguese: 705

German: 597

Subsaharan African:: 593

Canadian: 363

Scottish: 294

African: 233

Scotch-Irish: 173

Ukrainian: 173

Cape Verdean: 170

Arab:: 152

Greek: 126

Swedish: 122

Syrian: 110

Dutch: 104

Romanian: 90

Nigerian: 68

European: 65

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 56

Belgian: 54

British: 53

Norwegian: 53

Other Subsaharan African: 49

Albanian: 45

Liberian: 45

Lithuanian: 41

Hungarian: 38

Russian: 29

Yugoslavian: 29

Latvian: 28

Senegalese: 28

Arab/Arabic: 23

Macedonian: 21

Finnish: 19

Welsh: 18

Jamaican: 17

U.S. Virgin Islander: 17

Czechoslovakian: 16

Swiss: 16

Danish: 15

Scandinavian: 12

Armenian: 12

Icelander: 8

British West Indian: 8

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8

Lebanese: 7

Austrian: 7

Moroccan: 7

Turkish: 6

West Indian: 6

Egyptian: 5

Czech: 5

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

Laos (23%)
Canada (11%)
Other Western Africa (10%)
Dominican Republic (8%)
Vietnam (6%)
Poland (4%)
India (4%)

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

This state: 28954
Northeast: 7188
Midwest: 636
South: 1069
West: 504

53% of Woonsocket residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 8% lived in Rhode Island.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 204
Nursery to 4th grade: 103
5th and 6th grade: 300
7th and 8th grade: 991
9th grade: 958
10th grade: 743
11th grade: 527
12th grade, no diploma: 765
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,223
Less than 1 year of college: 733
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,117
Associate degree: 657
Bachelor's degree: 1,151
Master's degree: 376
Professional school degree: 90
Doctorate degree: 56

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 378
Nursery to 4th grade: 149
5th and 6th grade: 351
7th and 8th grade: 1,379
9th grade: 1,374
10th grade: 903
11th grade: 447
12th grade, no diploma: 560
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,759
Less than 1 year of college: 1,184
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,669
Associate degree: 785
Bachelor's degree: 840
Master's degree: 243
Professional school degree: 50
Doctorate degree: 44

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 48.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 61.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 11.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 25.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 28.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $42,386
Black householders: $31,433
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $23,817
Asian householders: $51,743
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $27,496
Some other race householders: $15,330
Two or more races householders: $25,981
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $22,631

Woonsocket household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Woonsocket household income for Black householders

Woonsocket household income for Asian householders

Woonsocket household income for Some other race householders

Woonsocket household income for Two or more races householders

Woonsocket household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Woonsocket marital status for males

Woonsocket marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $255,447
Black or African American householders: $278,361
Asian householders: $248,188
Some other race householders: $291,746
Two or more races householders: $261,800
Hispanic or Latino householders: $259,531

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,422
One, attached: 341
Two: 3,066
3 or 4: 5,115
5 to 9: 3,326
10 to 19: 675
20 to 49: 407
50 or more: 1,386
Mobile homes: 12
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $36,297

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Woonsocket:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%) Utility gas (46%) Electricity (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 506

Here:	9.9%
Rhode Island:	12.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 192

Here:	8.3%
Rhode Island:	12.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 427

Here:	26.0%
Rhode Island:	43.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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