Cranston, RI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cranston, RI: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 70,908. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CRANSTON-RI · Cranston, RI 3 ZIPs · 70,908 pop · #3537/25278 · Providence County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $106,206
- RANK-TOP #3537/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lincoln
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-SMALL 70,908
- SPREAD-WIDE 02920→02921
- HOME-HIGH $414,833
Nearest income peer: Lincoln, RI ( $248 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cranston
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cranston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Central Falls · lowest
Central Falls · lowest
$49,285 median HH income
- Lincoln · near
Lincoln · near
$105,958 median HH income
- Cranston · this city
Cranston · this city
$106,206 median HH income
- North Smithfie · near
North Smithfie · near
$108,983 median HH income
- Smithfield · near
Smithfield · near
$110,938 median HH income
- Cumberland · highest
Cumberland · highest
$117,522 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cranston, RI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 14%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 70,908
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $106,206
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $106,206 and home value $414,833 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.2%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cranston as a pure owner town.
Within Rhode Island, Tiverton is the closest lower-income city and Bradford the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cranston.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Cranston differ
Cranston's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $80,717 in ZIP 02920 to $147,204 in ZIP 02921, while home values span $338,700 in 02910 to $535,800 in 02921. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 5.7 points
02920 to 02921
02910 to 02921
02921 to 02910
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 02920 skews compact Cranston
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 02920 covers about 53% of Cranston's 70,908 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Cranston
Citywide ZBP: 2,136 establishments, 28,466 employees , annual payroll $1,518,216k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02920 (1,266 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (272) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Cranston, RI
These ZIP codes sit in Providence County, which covers 38 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Cranston. See the Providence County roll-up →
Cranston sits in the upper half of Providence County on income: Providence, Pawtucket and Woonsocket report less, while Cumberland, Smithfield and North Smithfield report more. Central Falls marks the far end of that range at $49,285, 54% below Cranston.
Side-by-side: Compare 02920 vs 02910 →
Cranston roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cranston, .