Warwick 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 85,808 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Warwick is the second largest community in Rhode Island.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Warwick is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Warwick is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Warwick who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.74%), sales jobs (12.26%), and management occupations (8.42%).

Also of interest is that Warwick 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 Warwick 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.

"If you live in Warwick, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Warwick residents do (96.8%). Warwick is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Warwick Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Warwick 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: 24.52% of adults in Warwick have a college degree.

The per capita income in Warwick in 2000 was $23,410, which is middle income relative to Rhode Island, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,640 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Warwick is English.