Central Falls vs Valley Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Central Falls and Valley Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Falls and Valley Falls are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Falls has the higher population (22,481 vs 12,370 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($93,653 vs $45,921 in Central Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $300,500 in Central Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
Population	22,481	12,370
Median age	31.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,921	$93,653
Median home value	$300,500	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,160
Housing units	8,341	5,078
Homeownership rate	28.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
Population	19,429 → 22,481 (+15.7%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$32,982 → $45,921 (+39.2%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $300,500 (+88.9%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,118 (+31.2%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

Central Falls

Population

19,42922,481

Median household income

$32,982$45,921

Median home value

$159,100$300,500

Median gross rent

$852$1,118

Valley Falls

Population

11,88212,370

Median household income

$83,090$93,653

Median home value

$239,000$347,900

Median gross rent

$876$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
Under 5	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.5%
75 and over	3.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	79.6%
Black or African American	7.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	69.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	39.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
Drove alone	65.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.6%
Public transit	4.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.5%
Other means	7.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	11.8%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	65.4%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	10.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Central Falls	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	22.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1944	1964