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.
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.
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).
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.
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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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
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Central Falls, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Central Falls.
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%.
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