Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in zip code 02906 with a mortgage: 4,043 (377 second mortgage, 1,117 home equity loan, 957 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,013
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,466
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $782
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
20.3%
Whole state:
12.8%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 02906: Brown Stadium (A), Smith Swimming Pool (B), Ladd Observatory (C), Athenaeum Row (D), Pembroke Hall (E), Partridge Building (F), Partridge Annex Building (G), Orwig Music Building (H), Olney Margolies Building (I), Norwood Building (J), Nightingale-Brown House (K), Morriss Building (L), Miriam Hospital Health Sciences Library (M), Prince Building (N), Presidents House (O), Miller Building (P), Metcalf Chemistry Building (Q), Metcalf Building (R), Memorial Hospital Health Sciences Library (S), Poland Building (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 02906 include: Temple Emanuel (A), Providence Friends Meeting House (B), United Church of Christ (C), United First Born of Jesus Church (D), Fellowship of House Church (E), First Church of Christ Scientist (F), First Unitarian Church of Providence (G), Providence Presbyterian Church (H), Fourth Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 02906 include: Lippitt Memorial Park (1), Stimson Avenue Historic District (2), Lincoln Field (3), Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District (4), Keeney Quad (5), Hope-Power-Cooke Streets Historic District (6), Doyle Avenue Historic District (7), Witherby Park (8), Whitherby Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
2,777 married couples with children.
2,276 single-parent households (920 men, 1,356 women).
80.8% of residents of 02906 zip code speak English at home.
34.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% very well, 14% well, 26% not well, 36% not at all).
22.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% very well, 24% well, 23% not well, 18% not at all).
43.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% very well, 30% well, 11% not well, 26% not at all).
8.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% very well, 50% well).
Foreign born population: 4,108 (13.7%) (49.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
13.7%
Whole state:
12.7%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Other Western Africa (9%)
United Kingdom (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Canada (6%)
Portugal (5%)
Korea (4%)
Taiwan (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,875
1990 to 1999: 1,060
1980 to 1989: 603
Before 1980: 1,123
Races in zip code 02906:
White population: 22,187 Black population: 1,836 American Indian population: 2,511 Asian population: 2,711 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 1,948 Two or more races population: 1,486 Hispanic or Latino population: 2,715
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 6,691
Irish: 3,154
English: 2,636
Italian: 2,179
German: 1,887
Russian: 1,349
U.S. Virgin Islander: 1,196
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 1,187
Polish: 888
French (except Basque): 856
Portuguese: 769
Eastern European: 708
Cape Verdean: 672
Subsaharan African: 661
Syrian: 652
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 619
Haitian: 611
Arab: 519
Scottish: 497
Jamaican: 449
European: 358
Other Arab: 354
French Canadian: 350
Arab: 336
Liberian: 324
American: 323
Turkish: 297
Brazilian: 291
British: 285
Greek: 282
Swiss: 280
Bulgarian: 253
Canadian: 237
Norwegian: 218
Swedish: 214
Kenyan: 213
Dutch: 211
Yugoslavian: 206
Latvian: 203
Armenian: 187
African: 186
Scotch-Irish: 185
Other Subsaharan African: 183
Nigerian: 169
Celtic: 169
Lithuanian: 159
Austrian: 154
Lebanese: 152
Belgian: 146
Hungarian: 138
Ukrainian: 138
South African: 134
Israeli: 130
Icelander: 127
Guyanese: 120
Iranian: 120
West Indian: 118
Czech: 115
Danish: 110
Northern European: 109
Australian: 103
Ghanaian: 100
Slovak: 93
Welsh: 89
Romanian: 83
Scandinavian: 82
Czechoslovakian: 81
Egyptian: 72
Finnish: 64
Albanian: 51
Pennsylvania German: 26
Cypriot: 25
Public primary/middle school in zip code 02906 not listed on the city page:
MARTIN LUTHER KING EL. SCHOOL (Students: 564; Location: 35 CAMP STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools not listed on the city page:
HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL (Students: 171; Location: 55 LOCUST STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - 8)
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER R I (Students: 142; Location: 401 ELMGROVE AVE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
BROWN FOX POINT EARLY CHILDHOO (Students: 81; Location: 150 HOPE STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
THE GRODEN CENTER INC (Students: 70; Location: 86 MOUNT HOPE AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: UG - UG)
MOUNT HOPE DAY CARE CENTER (Students: 58; Location: 421 HOPE STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
CHILDS PLAY (Students: 49; Location: 296 ANGEL ST, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
THE FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL (Students: 46; Location: 421 HOPE ST, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - 4)
THE PROVIDENCE CENTER SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location: 520 HOPE STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: UG - UG)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
KENT CLEANERS (9 WAYLAND SQUARE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING Organizations: GERALD GOLDSTEIN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: KENT CLEANSERS
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL (324 HOPE STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28149 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL (35 CAMP STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28163 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
NATHAN BISHOP MIDDLE (101 SESSIONS STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28143 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
FLEET NATIONAL BANK (111 WESTMINSTER ST in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
EAST SIDE SERVICE CENTER SHELL STATION (152 - 170 ANGELL ST in PROVIDENCE, RI)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Organizations: MARIO COLETTA (CONTACT/OWNER)
, FARVIEW INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: EAST SIDE SERVICE CENTER INC, SHELL STA/EAST SIDE SERVICE CENTER, SHELL SERVICE STA
M & S AUTO MOTOR INC (103 GANO ST in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: EDGAR SALEMA (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JOSE RAPOSO (CONTACT/OWNER)
, MANUEL SALEMA (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: M & S AUTO REPAIR & SALES
BROWN UNIVERSITY CENTRAL STORAGE/SUPPLY (295 LLOYD AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
ARKWAY ANDREW (130 DEXTERDALE RD in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JOHN D'ABATE (CONTACT/OWNER)
EASTSIDE COMMONS (ONE WAYLAND AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Organizations: TOLL R.I., LP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: TOLL R.I., LP
ARTHUR JEAN L DDS (335 ANGELL ST in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: JEAN L ARTHUR DDS (CONTACT/OWNER)
MOSES BROWN SCHOOL (250 LLOYD AVE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
BELL ATLANTIC (CANAL AND ELIZABETH ST. MH I-3 in PROVIDENCE, RI)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 11.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 19.1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (54%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
Electricity (15%)
No fuel used (4%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Wood (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Population in 1990: 31,069. Population change in the 1990s: -573 (-1.8%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 9,019
Northeast: 10,758
Midwest: 2,303
South: 2,390
West: 1,584
38% of the 02906 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Rhode Island.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,789
Here:
47.8%
Rhode Island:
12.0%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 830
Here:
44.5%
Rhode Island:
13.4%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11,864
Here:
89.0%
Rhode Island:
43.6%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
CELL BASED DELIVERY INC (4 RICHMOND SQ STE 500 in PROVIDENCE, RI; small business) : $709,258 in 3 contractsfrom 2001 to 2002
$359,870 with Navy for Physical Sciences -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2002-02-01. Completion date: 2003-01-31.
$245,780, same as above.Signed on 2001-04-25. Completion date: 2002-01-31.
$103,608, same as above.Signed on 2001-02-01. Completion date: 2002-01-31.
CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTICS LTD (100 HIGHLAND AVE STE 203 in PROVIDENCE, RI; small business) : $61,250 in 4 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
$21,000 with Navy for General Health Care Services. Taking place in CT. Signed on 2005-08-15. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
$21,000 with Navy for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Signed on 2004-11-10. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$21,000, same as above.Signed on 2002-11-01. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$-1,750, same as above.Signed on 2003-02-11. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
TRACTION SOFTWARE INC (245 WATERMAN ST STE 309 in PROVIDENCE, RI; small business) : $9,279 in 2 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
$4,991 with Air Force for ADP Software. Signed on 2006-06-14. Completion date: 2006-06-22.
$4,288, same as above.Signed on 2005-06-09. Completion date: 2006-06-12.
CONSOLIDATED CONCRETE CORP (835 TAUTON AVE in EAST PROVIDENC, RI; small business)
$6,100 with Army for Tile, Brick, and Block. Signed on 2003-06-27. Completion date: 2003-07-11.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment)