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41.97° N · 71.46° W · GEOID 4420260

Cumberland Hill

Providence County, Rhode Island · part of the Providence, RI metro

Rhode IslandCumberland Hill, RICumberland HillCumberland Hill

The short answer

Cumberland Hill is home to 8,648 people. Median household income is $130,506 a year and median rent is $1,310 a month, 12.0% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $394,300, about 3.0x annual median household income.

Cumberland Hill stands out on value for money. Home values run 34% below what its fundamentals predict in the same metro area. Also notable: Household income growth is 7.8% a year, against 4.5% a year in its closest peers.

92OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Exceptional

Cumberland Hill scores better than 92% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 2nd of 16 in Rhode Island.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%86
Economy 20%91
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%24
Education 10%78
Commute 10%42
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,310
4% below the median place
Median household income
$130,506
63% above the median place
Median home value
$394,300
23% above the median place
Unemployment
2.4%
51% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Cumberland Hill

  • AffordabilityThe median rent takes 12% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 95% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 16 Rhode Island places we track.
  • Value for moneyRent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 94 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.
01

Moving to Cumberland Hill

Providence County loses about 2.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in20,646
Moved out22,017
Net−1,371

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Rhode Island, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within Rhode IslandOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$67K
Leavers$73K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Providence County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
4.7% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 4.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Providence County report $66,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $72,700, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$52,400 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,310 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,300 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $394,300.
Getting to work
26 minutes each way on average; 11.0% work from home; 2.3% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Miller Place, NY matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
4.0%
99% above the median place
Moved here in the past year1
4.7%
18% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
-2.7
350% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year14.7%18% below
Moved from another state14.0%99% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-2.7350% below
Income of households moving in6County figure$66,5426% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$72,6993% above
02

What it costs to live here

High pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 86% of places we track, yet 74% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent.

Cumberland Hill12.0%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$52,400
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
12.0%
41% below the median place
Home price to income
3.0x
21% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
12%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$113,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Cumberland Hill, $1,310 a month, and local prices for everything else (101.3 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Cumberland Hill, but easier on the budget

Places that match Cumberland Hill on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Miller Place, NY909.6% vs 12.0%$12,600Compare

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Renters paying 30%+1
74.0%
46% above the median place
Homeownership1
83.1%
25% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$2,300
23% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,3104% below
Rent to income112.0%41% below
Property tax rate11.1%22% above
Home price to income13.0x21% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure101.81% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,87916% above
Property tax paid (median)1$4,39034% above
Median home value1$394,30023% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure5.3%66% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure64.9%26% above
Homeownership183.1%25% above
Renters paying 30%+174.0%46% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,30023% above
Vacant homes1County figure6.7%6% below
Median year built119790% above
03

Work and pay

Unemployment is 2.4%, 51% below the median place.

Unemployment1
2.4%
51% below the median place
Poverty rate1
4.7%
56% below the median place
Median household income1
$130,506
63% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$55,089 +37%
Mean commute26 min +6%
Works from home11.0% −11%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$130,50663% above
Income per person1$55,08937% above
Unemployment12.4%51% below
Average annual pay5County figure$71,7559% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.2%14% above
Jobs5County figure290,83593% above
Poverty rate14.7%56% below
Mean commute126 min6% above
Works from home111.0%11% below
Commutes by transit1County figure2.3%166% above
04

Who lives here

Bachelor's or higher is 49.3%, 54% above the median place.

Bachelor's or higher1
49.3%
54% above the median place
High school or higher1
95.5%
3% above the median place
Median age1
42.1
8% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband94.7% +3%
Household size2.5 +1%
Born abroad8.5% −4%
All 8 people measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population18,6484646th largest
Median age142.18% above
Bachelor's or higher149.3%54% above
High school or higher195.5%3% above
Household size12.51% above
Born abroad18.5%4% below
No health insurance1County figure5.4%16% below
Homes with broadband194.7%3% above
05

Life in Cumberland Hill

OpenStreetMap shows 0 parks per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 95% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 16 Rhode Island places we track.

1 site is on the National Register of Historic Places, 16 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

  • Ballou-Weatherhead House listed 1993

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k2.3 −75%
Grocery stores per 10k1.2 −45%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k5.8 −48%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails6 km 3.2×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park 8 miles
  • Roger Williams National Memorial 10 miles
  • Taunton Wild and Scenic River 20 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars26.4 +27%
Shops28.6 −6%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.1 +0%
Doctors' offices and clinics17.9 −11%
Child care centers2.4 +4%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
7.8
75% below the median place
Public schools11
200
above the median place (median 9)
Restaurants and bars per 10k7
26.4
27% above the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure200above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure87,970above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure13.612% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure26.427% above
Shops per 10k7County figure28.66% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure4.10% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure17.911% below
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.44% above
Parks per 10k80.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k82.375% below
Grocery stores per 10k81.245% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k85.848% below
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails86.4220% above
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site97.875% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles915above (median 2)
National Register listings10192% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

July average high is 82°F, 5% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Cumberland Hill. Larger places are fetched first.

July average high12
82°F
5% below the median place
Wildfire risk13
31.7
48% below the median place
Median air quality index14
39
9% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureCumberland HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure82°F5% below
January average low12County figure19°F24% below
Average temperature12County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation12County figure50.5 in15% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure93.71% above
Hurricane risk13County figure91.730% above
Tornado risk13County figure78.34% below
Wildfire risk13County figure31.748% below
Heat wave risk13County figure97.28% above
Median air quality index14County figure399% below
Good air days14County figure73.4%7% above
08

Cumberland Hill in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 12% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 12% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Cumberland Hill does better than 87% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 47%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,310/mo (2024)$1,680/mo$1,380 to $2,050/mo+4.2%
Median household income$130,506 (2024)$168,500$142,000 to $199,000+4.3%
Median home value$394,300 (2024)$564,000$409,000 to $777,000+6.2%

The median home would be worth 3.4 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.0 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Cumberland Hill

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Suamico, WI$1,188$118,337Compare
Senoia, GA$1,230$124,964Compare
Lemont, IL$1,209$123,370Compare
Wethersfield, CT$1,370$126,806Compare
Wethersfield, CTLemont, ILSenoia, GASuamico, WICumberland Hill, RISuamicoSenoiaLemontSuamicoSenoiaLemont

Places built like Cumberland Hill

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Cumberland Hill performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Cumberland Hill, RI12.0%7.8%/yrn/a
Nantucket, MA18.1%6.0%/yrn/aCompare
Hampden, ME12.1%5.1%/yrn/aCompare
Hooksett, NH21.5%5.7%/yrn/aCompare
Northford, CT16.1%2.1%/yrn/aCompare
Londonderry, NH19.6%4.1%/yrn/aCompare
Villa Hills, KY15.7%3.5%/yr6.8%Compare

Common questions

Is Cumberland Hill a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 92 out of 100, better than 92% of the places we rate and 2nd of 16 in Rhode Island. The median rent takes 12% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 95% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 16 Rhode Island places we track. Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 94 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings. On cost, space and class size it scores 97 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Cumberland Hill expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 12.0% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $394,300.

What salary do you need to live in Cumberland Hill?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $52,400 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Cumberland Hill?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Suamico, WI, Senoia, GA, Lemont, IL and Wethersfield, CT.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Cumberland Hill with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Cumberland Hill itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/cumberland-hill-rhode-island

Citytistics. “Cumberland Hill, Rhode Island.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/cumberland-hill-rhode-island/

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