Cumberland is a medium-sized town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 31,840 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Cumberland is the 9th largest community in Rhode Island.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cumberland is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cumberland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cumberland who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.38%), sales jobs (11.45%), and management occupations (10.32%).

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

Cumberland is a very car-oriented town: 97% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Cumberland is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Even though Cumberland is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Cumberland Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Cumberland is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.48% of adults in Cumberland have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cumberland in 2000 was $25,592, which is upper middle income relative to Rhode Island, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,368 for a family of four.

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

The languages spoken by people in Cumberland 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 Cumberland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese, French, and Spanish.