Area data
Providence, RI — ZIP 02912
Population: 4,836 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 428.0 (+4.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 102.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 29.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $21.70/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- coldWave, heatWave, iceStorm, inlandFlooding, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 50.7°F
- Average high
- 61.0°F
- Average low
- 40.7°F
- Annual precipitation
- 53.2 in
- Annual snowfall
- 35.7 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 38
- Days with Good air quality
- 293
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 15
- Nearest national park
- Roger Williams National Memorial (1 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) (7 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) (7 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 63
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.4 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 304
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Households with broadband internet
- 0.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 249,035
- Average weekly wage
- $1,251
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 223
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