Foster Center vs Harrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Foster Center and Harrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrisville has the higher population (1,816 vs 328 in Foster Center). Harrisville has the higher median household income ($66,016 vs $56,027 in Foster Center). Foster Center has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $348,700 in Harrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Foster Center	Harrisville
Population	328	1,816
Median age	45.2 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,027	$66,016
Median home value	$450,000	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,245	$825
Housing units	145	915
Homeownership rate	38.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster Center	Harrisville
Population	289 → 328 (+13.5%)	1,460 → 1,816 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$52,742 → $56,027 (+6.2%)	$29,663 → $66,016 (+122.6%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $450,000 (+79.1%)	$180,300 → $348,700 (+93.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)

Foster Center

Population

289328

Median household income

$52,742$56,027

Median home value

$251,300$450,000

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)

	Foster Center	Harrisville
Under 5	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	20.1%	22.2%
75 and over	11.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster Center	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster Center	Harrisville
No high school diploma	15.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster Center	Harrisville
Drove alone	91.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster Center	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	38.6%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	54.5%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foster Center	Harrisville
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	50	41
Median year structure built	1972	1970