Cranston vs East Providence

A side-by-side comparison of Cranston and East Providence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cranston has the higher population (82,632 vs 46,970 in East Providence). Cranston has the higher median household income ($87,716 vs $79,660 in East Providence). Cranston has the higher median home value ($348,800 vs $322,100 in East Providence).

Population, income & housing

	Cranston	East Providence
Population	82,632	46,970
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,716	$79,660
Median home value	$348,800	$322,100
Median gross rent	$1,332	$1,262
Housing units	33,733	21,769
Homeownership rate	67.3%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranston	East Providence
Population	81,254 → 82,632 (+1.7%)	47,483 → 46,970 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$72,017 → $87,716 (+21.8%)	$59,142 → $79,660 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$243,500 → $348,800 (+43.2%)	$221,700 → $322,100 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $1,332 (+24.5%)	$974 → $1,262 (+29.6%)

Cranston

Population

81,25482,632

Median household income

$72,017$87,716

Median home value

$243,500$348,800

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,332

East Providence

Population

47,48346,970

Median household income

$59,142$79,660

Median home value

$221,700$322,100

Median gross rent

$974$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranston	East Providence
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.2%
75 and over	7.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranston	East Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	74.4%
Black or African American	5.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	7.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranston	East Providence
No high school diploma	9.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranston	East Providence
Drove alone	74.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.4%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranston	East Providence
1-unit, detached	62.7%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	9.5%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cranston	East Providence
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1958