Central Falls is home to 22,701 people in Rhode Island. Owners hold 26% of the housing stock. 44% of residents were born outside the United States. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 32.5. That trails the Rhode Island median by roughly 44%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,285, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 107%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Central Falls
What changed most since 1990
White share65.8% → 15.1%(−50.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share29.0% → 69.1%(+40.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree5.7% → 10.8%(+5.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Central Falls's population equals 3.4% of Providence County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.0% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.4%(61)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.8%(49)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.3%(74)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 332 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Central Falls, decade by decade
Central Falls population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
17,637
$44,682
$248,167
5.7%
60.2
2000
18,928
$41,220
$169,778
5.7%
75.6
2010
19,376
$49,471
$326,843
7.4%
70.6
2020
22,583
$42,044
$213,682
9.2%
66.9
2024
22,701
$49,285
$352,100
10.8%
60.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
