Data / Rankings / Median gross rent (monthly) / Cities in Rhode Island

Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly)

Newport, RI had the highest median gross rent (monthly) of 8 cities in 2022, at $1,527. Central Falls, RI had the lowest, at $1,052. The median was $1,200 and the figure for Rhode Island was $1,195. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest1,527Newport, RI
Lowest1,052Central Falls, RI
Median1,2008 cities
Rhode Island1,195History

All cities, 2022

Newport, RI: 1,527 USDNewport, RI1,527Warwick, RI: 1,295 USDWarwick, RI1,295Cranston, RI: 1,270 USDCranston, RI1,270Providence, RI: 1,214 USDProvidence, RI1,214East Providence, RI: 1,186 USDEast Providence, RI1,186Pawtucket, RI: 1,081 USDPawtucket, RI1,081Woonsocket, RI: 1,066 USDWoonsocket, RI1,066Central Falls, RI: 1,052 USDCentral Falls, RI1,052Newport, RI: 1,527 USDNewport, RI1,527Warwick, RI: 1,295 USDWarwick, RI1,295Cranston, RI: 1,270 USDCranston, RI1,270Providence, RI: 1,214 USDProvidence, RI1,214East Providence, RI: 1,186 USDEast Providence, RI1,186Pawtucket, RI: 1,081 USDPawtucket, RI1,081Woonsocket, RI: 1,066 USDWoonsocket, RI1,066Central Falls, RI: 1,052 USDCentral Falls, RI1,052
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
USD		Change on 2021
1Newport, RI1,527+9.1%
2Warwick, RI1,295+4.4%
3Cranston, RI1,270+7.2%
4Providence, RI1,214+10.6%
5East Providence, RI1,186+12.4%
6Pawtucket, RI1,081+7.3%
7Woonsocket, RI1,066+9.4%
8Central Falls, RI1,052+10.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter.
  • United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_rhode_island_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly), 2022
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/rhode-island-cities?period=2022.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Rhode Island by median gross rent (monthly) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"median_gross_rent","level":"municipality","within":"Rhode Island","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=median_gross_rent&level=municipality&within=Rhode%20Island&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest median gross rent (monthly)?

Newport, RI, with $1,527 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest median gross rent (monthly)?

Central Falls, RI, with $1,052 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Median gross rent (monthly): other rankings

Cities in Rhode Island: more rankings