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Cranston city, Rhode Island: commercial real estate data.
Cranston city is a Census city of 83,250 people across 28.35 square miles of land, in Providence County. Median household income is $90,206, 67.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 129 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $33.3 m.
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Cranston
What Cranston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area28.35 sq mi
- Water area1.67 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,937
- County holding the largest share of its areaProvidence County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cranston
How many people live in Cranston
- Population83,250
- Median age39.6
- Population under 1816,355
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over13,982
- Share 65 and over16.8 percent
- Households32,595
- Family households19,701
- Share of households that are families60.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cranston
Income and work in Cranston
- Median household income$90,206
- Per capita income$45,258
- Civilian labor force45,969
- Employed43,178
- Unemployed2,791
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over60,895
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cranston
Housing in Cranston
- Housing units33,834
- Occupied units32,595
- Vacant units1,239 plus or minus 330
- Vacancy rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied22,047
- Renter occupied10,548
- Ownership rate67.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$378,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,375
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.3 percent
- Single family units22,207
- Share single family65.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11,558
- Share in buildings of two or more34.2 percent
- Mobile homes69 plus or minus 77
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cranston
How Cranston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute36,515
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,447
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more10,680
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.2 percent
- Drove alone72.7 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home13.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cranston
SBA loans in Cranston (7(a))
- Approvals129
- Gross approval$33,333,800
- Average approval$258,402
- Median approval$125,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$591,000
- Largest approval$2,763,000
- Jobs supported936
- Jobs per approval7.3
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Paid in full21
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.3 percent
- Share to franchises14.0 percent
- Distinct lenders35
- Distinct industries by NAICS83
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cranston
SBA loans in Cranston (504)
- Approvals61
- Gross approval$27,401,000
- Average approval$449,197
- Median approval$301,000
- Largest approval$1,915,000
- Jobs supported313
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Providence County, not Cranston
Providence County context, not Cranston figures
These are Providence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cranston measurements.
- Establishments in Providence County16,414
- Employment at those establishments, Providence County273,731
- Covered employment, Providence County288,107
- Average annual pay, Providence County$68,852
- Average weekly wage, Providence County$1,324
- Housing units permitted, Providence County782
- Of those, single family, Providence County314
- County product, 2024, Providence County$46,726,521,000
- County product change over the prior year, Providence County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Providence County$68,047
Every figure in this section is published for Providence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cranston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cranston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cranston, Rhode Island?
83,250, in 32,595 households. Cranston city covers 28.35 square miles of land, which is 2,937 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cranston in?
Providence County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cranston?
$90,206. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $378,300. Median gross rent is $1,375 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cranston businesses?
129 7(a) approvals totalling $33.3 m, across 35 lenders, median approval $125,000, plus 61 504 approvals worth $27.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cranston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cranston borrowers get paid back?
Of the 24 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Cranston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Providence County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cranston.
Is zoning published for Cranston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.