Cranston is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 79,269 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Cranston is the third largest community in Rhode Island.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cranston is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cranston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cranston who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.21%), sales jobs (12.18%), and management occupations (8.95%).

Also of interest is that Cranston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Cranston are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Cranston Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Cranston citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.59% of adults in Cranston have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Cranston in 2000 was $21,978, which is lower middle income relative to Rhode Island, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,912 for a family of four.

The people who call Cranston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cranston is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cranston include Italian, Irish, English, French, Portuguese, French Canadian, and German.

The languages spoken by people in Cranston are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Cranston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.