Valley Falls

Population & Demographics

Valley Falls, RI

Valley Falls is home to 12,657 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 6,096 resident workers commute each day.

Rhode IslandCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
12,657
people
Population

12,657 residents

Median age 41.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Valley Falls population & demographics

Who lives in Valley Falls — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
12,657
Median age
41.7yrs
Median household income
$92,901
Median home value
$375,200
Median gross rent
$1,362/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.1%
Poverty rate
4.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Valley Falls

How Valley Falls breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White77.6%
Hispanic or Latino9.2%
Black6.6%
Two or more races6.0%
Asian0.5%
Some other race0.2%

Race across Valley Falls

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Valley Falls.

Valley Falls at a glance
Employed Residents
6,096
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
3.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Providence
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Valley Falls proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Valley Falls commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

63 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Valley Falls

6,096 commutes, one dot at a time

Valley Falls

Where 6,096 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Valley Falls, by worker count.

1Providence6.8 mi901
2Pawtucket3.2 mi346
3Warwick14.3 mi307
4Attleboro4.5 mi244
5East Providence8.3 mi225
6Woonsocket8.1 mi219
7Valley Falls0.0 mi209
8Cranston10.8 mi195

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Valley Falls.

1Pawtucket3.2 mi240
2Valley Falls0.0 mi209
3Providence6.8 mi119
4Central Falls2.1 mi103
5Cranston10.8 mi85
6East Providence8.3 mi70
7Cumberland Hill5.2 mi64
8Warwick14.3 mi58

Top industries

The sectors that employ Valley Falls’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade17.2%
MFManufacturing13.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.8%
COConstruction10.9%
EDEducational Services9.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)6.1%
WSWholesale Trade4.1%
Connectivity

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