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Northeast · Rhode Island · pop 190K

Providence, RI

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in RI, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,151 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,360 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,206 left over.

Expect summer highs near 82°F, winter lows around 22°F, and about 202 sunny days a year.

Reported crime rates sit below most cities in this dataset.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 87HOUSIN 23JOBS 36SAFETY 70CLIMAT 93AMENIT 50

The Providence fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,945/mo

Typical rent

$1,600/mo

Home value ÷ income

6.1×

Score breakdown

Affordability
87
Housing
23
Jobs
36
Safety
70
Climate
93
Amenities
50

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,350/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,600/mo
Median home value
$380,000
Median household income
$62,000
Population
190,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.8%
Job growth (1yr)
0.6%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
490
Property crime rate
2,400

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
82°F
Avg. winter low
22°F
Sunny days / year
202
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈1/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈38/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈7/yr
Annual rain
47"
Annual snow
33"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+30
Int'l airport
≈8 mi
Walkability
77/100
Disaster risk
40/100
Buying instead of renting? Rhode Island's effective property tax runs about 1.40% of home value per year (≈$443/mo on the median $380,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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