Population & Demographics
East Providence, RI
East Providence is home to 47,281 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,441 resident workers commute each day.
47,281 residents
Median age 45.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
East Providence population & demographics
Who lives in East Providence — 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 East Providence
How East Providence 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 East Providence
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 East Providence.
These figures are for East Providence 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 East Providence 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.
East Providence
23,441 commutes, one dot at a time
East Providence
Where 23,441 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in East Providence, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into East Providence.
Top industries
The sectors that employ East Providence’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%.
Internet options for East Providence
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).