Cumberland Hill vs Harrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland Hill and Harrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland Hill has the higher population (8,638 vs 1,816 in Harrisville). Cumberland Hill has the higher median household income ($131,006 vs $66,016 in Harrisville). Cumberland Hill has the higher median home value ($362,700 vs $348,700 in Harrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
Population	8,638	1,816
Median age	40.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$131,006	$66,016
Median home value	$362,700	$348,700
Median gross rent	$974	$825
Housing units	3,324	915
Homeownership rate	85.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
Population	8,249 → 8,638 (+4.7%)	1,460 → 1,816 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$89,456 → $131,006 (+46.4%)	$29,663 → $66,016 (+122.6%)
Median home value	$262,100 → $362,700 (+38.4%)	$180,300 → $348,700 (+93.4%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $974 (+5.8%)	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)

Cumberland Hill

Population

8,2498,638

Median household income

$89,456$131,006

Median home value

$262,100$362,700

Median gross rent

$921$974

Harrisville

Population

1,4601,816

Median household income

$29,663$66,016

Median home value

$180,300$348,700

Median gross rent

$763$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
Under 5	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	22.2%
75 and over	6.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	18.5%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
Drove alone	82.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	18.3%
20 or more units	8.3%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Hill	Harrisville
Poverty rate	4.6%	10.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	41
Median year structure built	1975	1970