Providence, the state capital · Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Towns and cities in Rhode Island
21 of Rhode Island’s 38 graded towns and cities (55%) grade A− or better nationally, against 25% of U.S. towns. East Greenwich ranks first in the state with an A+; jobs & income (A) and schools (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (C) is its lowest.
Letters are national: the overall grade blends cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk. How grades work
All 38 graded towns
Every town of 2,500+ residents with an overall grade, A to Z. The rank is among 38 Rhode Island towns on the best places to live list.
38 graded towns, A to Z.
- A+BarringtonBristol County#3 of 3816,961
- ABristolBristol County#6 of 3821,970
- BBurrillvilleProvidence County#26 of 3816,927
- D−Central FallsProvidence County#38 of 3823,124
- ACharlestownWashington County#16 of 388,002
- BCoventryKent County#27 of 3836,281
- B−CranstonProvidence County#31 of 3884,647
- ACumberlandProvidence County#9 of 3837,615
- A+East GreenwichKent County#1 of 3814,790
- C+East ProvidenceProvidence County#32 of 3848,249
- A−ExeterWashington County#18 of 386,540
- B+FosterProvidence County#22 of 384,628
- AGlocesterProvidence County#14 of 3810,612
- A−HopkintonWashington County#17 of 388,393
- A+JamestownNewport County#2 of 385,480
- B−JohnstonProvidence County#30 of 3830,494
- B+LincolnProvidence County#25 of 3823,713
- A+Little ComptonNewport County#4 of 383,535
- B+MiddletownNewport County#24 of 3816,502
- ANarragansettWashington County#8 of 3814,291
- CNewportNewport County#34 of 3824,251
- ANorth KingstownWashington County#7 of 3827,885
- BNorth ProvidenceProvidence County#28 of 3834,833
- A−North SmithfieldProvidence County#19 of 3812,990
- DPawtucketProvidence County#35 of 3877,065
- A+PortsmouthNewport County#5 of 3817,474
- DProvidenceProvidence County#36 of 38195,310
- ARichmondWashington County#12 of 388,128
- AScituateProvidence County#15 of 3810,767
- ASmithfieldProvidence County#10 of 3822,625
- ASouth KingstownWashington County#13 of 3832,009
- ATivertonNewport County#11 of 3815,809
- B+WarrenBristol County#23 of 3811,070
- B−WarwickKent County#29 of 3884,187
- A−West GreenwichKent County#21 of 386,750
- C+West WarwickKent County#33 of 3831,487
- A−WesterlyWashington County#20 of 3823,139
- D−WoonsocketProvidence County#37 of 3844,580
Not on the ranked list
Not graded
Every Rhode Island town of 2,500+ residents has an overall grade.
Smaller places 1 with 1,000–2,499 residents
These have subject grades (safety, schools, health and the rest) but no overall grade or rank: the overall starts at 2,500 residents.
- New Shoreham1,408
Lists in Rhode Island
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.