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 02909 with a mortgage: 3,374 (636 second mortgage, 968 home equity loan, 897 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,232
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,801
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $633
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
28.7%
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 02909: Broadway-Armory Historic District (A), Olneyville Branch Providence Public Library (B), Providence Fire Department Hartford Avenue Station (C), Providence Fire Department Messer Street Station (D), Providence Fire Department Atwells Avenue Station (E), Silver Lake Community Center (F), Olneyville Center (G), Nickerson Community Center (H), Federal Hill House Association Early Learning Center (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 02909 include: Shalom Ministries (A), Armenian Apostolic Vartanantz Church (B), Franciscan Convent (C), Saint Bartholomews Church (D), Armenian Apostolic STS Church (E), Saint Anthonys Church (F), Marantha Tabernacle Church (G), Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses (H), United Pentecostal Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 02909 include: DePasquale Plaza (1), Neutaconkanut Hill Park (2), Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue (3), Trigg Memorial Park (4), Merino Park (5), Lonigan Memorial Park (6), Conlan Junior Memorial Park (7), Forys Playground (8). Display/hide their locations on the map
4,712 married couples with children.
7,858 single-parent households (2,389 men, 5,469 women).
39.1% of residents of 02909 zip code speak English at home.
74.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% very well, 23% well, 23% not well, 23% not at all).
25.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% very well, 16% well, 11% not well, 40% not at all).
32.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% very well, 23% well, 14% not well, 20% not at all).
18.7% of residents speak other language at home (35% very well, 47% well, 18% not well).
Foreign born population: 15,359 (35.8%) (25.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
35.8%
Whole state:
12.7%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Guatemala (31%)
Dominican Republic (28%)
Cambodia (7%)
Mexico (4%)
Italy (3%)
Bolivia (2%)
Laos (2%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 7,020
1990 to 1999: 5,896
1980 to 1989: 3,489
Before 1980: 1,685
Races in zip code 02909:
White population: 10,429 Black population: 5,421 American Indian population: 1,423 Asian population: 6,039 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 57 Some other race population: 2,162 Two or more races population: 1,950 Hispanic or Latino population: 23,271
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 27,593
Italian: 4,063
Subsaharan African: 2,546
Ghanaian: 2,367
Irish: 1,726
Barbadian: 976
Portuguese: 774
Liberian: 730
French (except Basque): 729
Cape Verdean: 693
African: 691
Other Arab: 666
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 632
Hungarian: 601
English: 577
French Canadian: 571
Nigerian: 525
Moroccan: 499
Eastern European: 462
Polish: 411
German: 392
Haitian: 369
Dutch: 307
Other Subsaharan African: 302
Ethiopian: 299
Ukrainian: 288
Scottish: 270
Armenian: 261
Belizean: 256
Guyanese: 254
Egyptian: 251
Swedish: 250
Latvian: 247
American: 226
Icelander: 220
Turkish: 219
Danish: 210
Canadian: 201
Russian: 189
Basque: 174
Brazilian: 171
Greek: 167
European: 166
Alsatian: 163
Slavic: 163
British West Indian: 163
Iranian: 147
Lithuanian: 139
Ugandan: 138
Celtic: 127
Scandinavian: 127
Australian: 124
Syrian: 119
Arab: 110
British: 110
Swiss: 109
Israeli: 103
Lebanese: 102
Sudanese: 101
Austrian: 100
Welsh: 92
Arab: 84
Jamaican: 83
Belgian: 80
Scotch-Irish: 79
Norwegian: 67
Czech: 65
West Indian: 58
Slovene: 38
Iraqi: 21
Albanian: 16
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 02909 not listed on the city page:
WEST BROADWAY EL. SCHOOL (Students: 531; Location: 29 BAINBRIDGE AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - 05)
PLEASANT VIEW SCHOOL (Students: 501; Location: 50 OBADIAH BROWN ROAD, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - 05)
ANTHONY CARNEVALE ELEMENTARY (Students: 500; Location: 50 SPRINGFIELD STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - 05)
WEBSTER AVENUE SCHOOL (Students: 428; Location: 191 WEBSTER AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - 06)
LAUREL HILL AVENUE SCHOOL (Students: 425; Location: 85 LAUREL HILL AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: 02 - 05)
WILLIAM D'ABATE ELEM. SCHOOL (Students: 411; Location: 60 KOSSUTH STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - 05)
SPRINGFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL I (Students: 393; Location: 152 SPRINGFIELD STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: 06 - 08)
GOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER DELSESTO (Students: 360; Location: 152 SPRINGFIELD STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: 06 - 08)
ASA MESSER EL. SCHOOL (Students: 315; Location: 158 MESSER STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: 01 - 05)
LAUREL HILL AVENUE ANNEX (Students: 230; Location: 240 LABAN STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - 04)
Private primary/middle schools not listed on the city page:
ST BARTHOLOMEW ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 186; Location: 315 LAUREL HILL AVE, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - 8)
NICKERSON COMMUNITY CENTER (Students: 62; Location: 133 DELAINE STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
SILVER LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER (Students: 50; Location: 529 PLAINFIELD STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - KG)
CTN FOR INDIVIDUALIZED TR & ED (Students: 21; Location: 15 BOUGH STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: PK - UG)
FEDERAL HILL HOUSE NURSERY (Students: 12; Location: 9 COURTLAND STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI; Grades: KG - KG)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
MARINUCCI PETER (178 WALLACE ST in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2006-7006, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2006-7006, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
ANTONELLI PLATING CO (50 VALLEY ST. in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING, AND COLORING Organizations: CHRISTOPHE C ANTONELL (CONTACT/OWNER)
CATHEDRAL ART METAL CO. INC. (25 MANTON AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: METAL STAMPINGS; JEWELRY, PRECIOUS METAL; COSTUME JEWELRY AND COSTUME NOVELTIES, EXCEPT PRECIOUS METAL Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING. Organizations: WILLIAM TRACEY (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, CATHEDRAL ART METAL CO., INC. (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: IMPERIAL PEARL
LAUREL HILL AVENUE SCHOOL (85 LAUREL HILL AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28134 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
LAUREL HILL ANNEX (240 LABAN STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28106 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ARCONIUM SPECIALTY ALLOYS (400 HARRIS AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS; SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS; ROLLING, DRAWING, AND EXTRUDING OF NONFERROUS METALS, EXCEPT COPPER AND ALUMINUM Business NAICS classification: OTHER COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY WIRE MANUFACTURING. Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, ALPHA METALS INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
ASA MESSER ANNEX (245 ALTHEA STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28159 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ASA MESSER SCHOOL (158 MESSER STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28115 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
GENERAL ELECTRIC PROVIDENCE BASE PLANT (586 ATWELLS AVE. in PROVIDENCE, RI)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURES; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES Alternative names: G.E. PROVIDENCE BASE PLANT, GENERAL ELECTRIC PROVIDENCE PLT
PLEASANT VIEW SCHOOL (50 OBADIAH BROWN ROAD in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28165 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ANTHONY CARNEVALE ELEMENTARY (50 SPRINGFIELD STREET in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28181 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
POLISHING HOUSE INC THE (100 MANTON AVE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: RESNIK REALTY (CONTACT/OWNER)
, THE POLISHING HOUSE (CONTACT/OWNER)
PERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL (370 HARTFORD AVENUE in PROVIDENCE, RI)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-28146 Organizations: PROVIDENCE SCH DIST (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 15.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 13.9%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (58%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
Electricity (11%)
Coal or coke (5%)
No fuel used (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (1%)
Wood (1%)
Population in 1990: 34,261. Population change in the 1990s: +6,690 (+19.5%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 19,458
Northeast: 4,174
Midwest: 373
South: 1,011
West: 466
47% of the 02909 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% 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): 2,285
Here:
26.3%
Rhode Island:
12.0%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,652
Here:
31.0%
Rhode Island:
13.4%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,553
Here:
51.9%
Rhode Island:
43.6%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (PROVIDENCE, RI):
SPECIALTY PRODUCE CORPORATION (136 SILVER LAKE AVE; small business) : $95,056 in 21 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
Contracts for Fruits and Vegetables by Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $62,793; 2006: $32,263.
Biggest contracts:
$6,628 with Defense Logistics Agency for Fruits and Vegetables. Signed on 2005-12-02. Completion date: 2005-12-02.
$6,244, same as above.Signed on 2005-09-13. Completion date: 2005-09-13.
$6,006, same as above.Signed on 2005-12-30. Completion date: 2005-12-30.
$5,867, same as above.Signed on 2006-01-17. Completion date: 2006-01-17.
QUALITY TOUCH CONSTRUCTION (230 MAGNOLIA ST; small business)
$35,550 with Army for Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2000-05-26. Completion date: 2000-07-11.
GRECO BROS INC (1 GRECO LN; small business) : $34,065 in 2 contractsfrom 2001 to 2005
$29,250 with Air Force for Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment. Signed on 2001-06-19. Completion date: 2001-09-07.
$4,815 with Navy for Miscellaneous Secondary Metal Forming and Cutting Machines. Signed on 2005-03-31. Completion date: 2005-05-04.
CUSTOM MOLDED PRODUCTS INC (136 SILVER LAKE AVE; small business)
$3,750 with Army for Packing and Gasket Materials. Signed on 2004-05-25. Completion date: 2004-10-25.
UNIVERSAL SPECIALTY AWARDS (1205 WESTMINSTER ST; small business) : $3,308 in 9 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Service and Trade Equipment, Miscellaneous Items, Badges and Insignia, Jewelry, and moreby Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $-25,835; 2004: $7,480; 2005: $19,174; 2006: $2,489.
Biggest contracts:
$8,060 with Army for Miscellaneous Service and Trade Equipment. Signed on 2005-06-15. Completion date: 2005-08-05.
$4,280 with Army for Miscellaneous Items. Taking place in TX. Signed on 2004-10-08. Completion date: 2004-12-01.
$3,594 with Army for Badges and Insignia. Taking place in UT. Signed on 2005-09-20. Completion date: 2005-10-24.
$3,200 with Army for Jewelry. Signed on 2004-12-20. Completion date: 2005-01-20.
CAPITAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT INC (431 HARRIS AVE; small business)
$2,510 with Navy for Other Administrative Support Services. Signed on 2004-10-01. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Temporary Help Services (250-499 employees: 2 establishments, 50-99 employees: 2 establishments, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Employment Placement Agencies (250-499: 1)