Rhode Island
State, USPS RI · 41.68, -71.56
7 findings fired for Rhode Island this run, against a typical home value of $511,233 in August 2026 and covered employment of 486,940 in 2026 Q1.
- 80th pct · 11th of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 76th pct · 13th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 11th pct · 46th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 58th pct · 22nd of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 11th pct · 46th of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 18th pct · 42nd of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $511,233 (Aug 2026), +3.4% over one year, +33.6% over five
- 80th pct · 11th of 51 US states · median $350,752
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | $511,233 · +3.4% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
486,940 jobs at 49,057 employers (2026 Q1); -0.6% jobs and +4.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 11th pct · 46th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 486,940 jobs · $1,487/wk · -0.6% YoY |
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 86,180 | $1,246 | 1.18 |
| Accommodation and food services | 48,817 | $569 | 1.12 |
| Retail trade | 45,081 | $789 | 0.95 |
| Manufacturing | 39,254 | $1,543 | 1.00 |
| Professional and technical services | 30,721 | $2,303 | 0.91 |
| Administrative and waste services | 25,430 | $1,168 | 0.92 |
| Finance and insurance | 25,175 | $3,311 | 1.27 |
| Educational services | 24,420 | $1,279 | 2.33 |
| Other services | 17,475 | $947 | 1.20 |
| Wholesale trade | 16,213 | $2,184 | 0.87 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 14,874 | $1,054 | 0.72 |
| Management of companies | 9,722 | $4,288 | 1.19 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 7,453 | $787 | 0.93 |
| Real estate and rental | 6,386 | $1,424 | 0.86 |
| Utilities | 1,752 | $3,291 | 0.91 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Construction | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Information | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Unclassified | withheld | withheld | not published |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
A 30-year mortgage on the typical home at 7.28% costs about $2,798 a month in principal and interest.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $511,233 × 80% = $408,986, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,798/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,487 × 52 / 12 = $6,444) = 43% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $511,233 / ($1,487 × 52) = 6.6
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
3 ports within 200 km, 0 land crossings within 250 km
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 161,162 TEU 2021 · #25 US | 86 km |
| Providence | medium harbour, channel 11.0 m | 19 km |
| Bridgeport | medium harbour, channel 7.9 m | 147 km |
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 5 counties of Rhode Island with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Providence County | 285,278 | 44007 |
| Kent County | 74,857 | 44003 |
| Washington County | 57,458 | 44009 |
| Newport County | 40,418 | 44005 |
| Bristol County | 14,492 | 44001 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
1 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in Rhode Island.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 39300 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
Rhode Island: 7 findings, 1 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchRhode Island's covered employment is -0.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteRhode Island's average weekly wage was 4.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +4.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteRhode Island's covered employment was 0.6% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -0.6 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteRhode Island's typical home value rose 0.4% from $508,954 in July 2026 to $511,233 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (511232.5889667789 - 508953.6896014307) / 508953.6896014307 × 100
- 511232.5889667789 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 508953.6896014307 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteRhode Island's years of wages of 6.6 ranks 6th of 51 US states, against a median of 4.5.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across 51 US states that published yearsOfWages
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
The full Rhode Island brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
Every sentence in the brief is written by a rule table in lib/brief, not generated, and each one can print the arithmetic behind its number.