Best places to live in Rhode Island
1 Rhode Island metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Rhode Island
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Rhode Island metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.5%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 15.1%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 4.6%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 3.1%
- Other or two or more
- 6.7%
Diversity index 59/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 45.6 | #76 of 103 | $530k | 20 | 95 | 21° / 82° | 59 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.