Providence

Most walkable Providence suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·17 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Skyline of Providence, Rhode Island, USA with a view of Providence River Bridge
Providence$362k median · 25.0 min commute
Amenities ACommute B−Residents inactive
94
Walkability
overall 52 D+
2
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket$326k median · 25.6 min commute
Amenities C+Commute CResidents inactive
74
Walkability
overall 52 D+
3
Witherbee School, Middletown Historical Society, Newport East Rhode Island This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Hi
Newport East$485k median · 20.5 min commute
Amenities B−Commute B+Residents inactive
74
Walkability
overall 62 C
4
Pawtucket Hair Cloth Mill, Central Falls Mill Historic District, Between Roosevelt Avenue and the Blackstone River Central Falls
Central Falls$352k median · 27.4 min commute
Amenities CCommute D+Residents inactive
70
Walkability
overall 43 D
5
Newport Rhode Island Aerial View
Newport$747k median · 18.9 min commute
Amenities C+Commute A−Residents inactive
66
Walkability
overall 58 C
6
World War I Memorial and Taunton Plaza, at the triangle created by Route 44 (Taunton Avenue), Whelden Avenue, and Broadway, East Providence Rhode Island
East Providence$366k median · 22.6 min commute
Amenities CCommute B−Residents inactive
66
Walkability
overall 58 C
7
Built in 1927 in the Edgewood neighborhood. Designed by George Frederick Hall of Martin & Hall.
Cranston$378k median · 24.3 min commute
Amenities CCommute C+Residents inactive
64
Walkability
overall 59 C
8
Woonsocket City Hall. Woonsocket, Rhode Island. 2015.
Woonsocket$311k median · 29.3 min commute
Amenities CCommute DResidents inactive
64
Walkability
overall 44 D
9
Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
Warwick$355k median · 24.6 min commute
Amenities D+Commute C+Residents inactive
59
Walkability
overall 58 C
10
Valley Falls$375k median · 23.3 min commute
Amenities C−Commute C+Residents inactive
54
Walkability
overall 64 C+
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Providence (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Pawtucket (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Newport East (John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Central Falls (Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0); Newport (MVASCO · CC BY-SA 3.0); East Providence (John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Cranston (Eric Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0); Woonsocket (Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0); Warwick (Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0).