Central Falls

Population & Demographics

Central Falls, RI

Central Falls is home to 22,701 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 8,240 resident workers commute each day.

Rhode IslandCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
22,701
people
Population

22,701 residents

Median age 32.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Central Falls population & demographics

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

Population
22,701
Median age
32.5yrs
Median household income
$49,285
Median home value
$352,100
Median gross rent
$1,200/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
10.8%
Poverty rate
24.6%

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 Central Falls

How Central 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).

Hispanic or Latino69.1%
White15.1%
Black9.7%
Two or more races4.6%
Some other race1.5%
Asian0.1%

Race across Central 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 Central Falls.

Central Falls at a glance
Employed Residents
8,240
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Providence
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Central 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 Central 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

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

Central Falls

8,240 commutes, one dot at a time

Central Falls

Where 8,240 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Providence4.8 mi1,134
2Pawtucket1.3 mi757
3Central Falls0.0 mi571
4Warwick12.2 mi401
5Boston33.7 mi297
6Attleboro5.2 mi290
7Cranston8.8 mi288
8East Providence6.3 mi265

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Central Falls.

1Pawtucket1.3 mi604
2Central Falls0.0 mi571
3Providence4.8 mi413
4Warwick12.2 mi138
5East Providence6.3 mi130
6Cranston8.8 mi112
7Valley Falls2.1 mi94
8Woonsocket9.7 mi66

Top industries

The sectors that employ Central 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%)
EDEducational Services25.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.3%
MFManufacturing13.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.1%
RTRetail Trade9.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
COConstruction7.6%
PAPublic Administration4.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.9%
Connectivity

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