housing costs · Rhode Island
Housing costs in Providence County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,312 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,242 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,161 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,062 | ± $14 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $373,600 | ± $3,437 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $339,100 | ± $3,187 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $310,500 | ± $3,672 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $266,700 | ± $2,608 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.9 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.5 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.8 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.6 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Providence County is $1,312, below the Rhode Island median of $1,327 across 5 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.