Cranston vs Valley Falls

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

Cranston 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.

Cranston has the higher population (82,632 vs 12,370 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($93,653 vs $87,716 in Cranston). Cranston has the higher median home value ($348,800 vs $347,900 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cranston	Valley Falls
Population	82,632	12,370
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,716	$93,653
Median home value	$348,800	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,332	$1,160
Housing units	33,733	5,078
Homeownership rate	67.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranston	Valley Falls
Population	81,254 → 82,632 (+1.7%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$72,017 → $87,716 (+21.8%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$243,500 → $348,800 (+43.2%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $1,332 (+24.5%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Cranston	Valley Falls
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.5%
75 and over	7.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranston	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	79.6%
Black or African American	5.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranston	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	9.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranston	Valley Falls
Drove alone	74.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranston	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	62.7%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cranston	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1957	1964