The story of this market
The typical home in Kent County, Rhode Island sells for about $499,900, or $362 per square foot.
Prices are up +4.25% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 31 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 226% since 2000. Last year 36 of 38 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $2,315 a month.
FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.3%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2004 (+21.1%). Worst: 2009 (-10.6%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.7%
RI · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+4.3%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 38 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
19
Very Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $32,296,328.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
76.9%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9758 | 5580 | 76.9% | 3.2% | $235,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Kent County, Rhode Island
Kent County remains a competitive seller's market with low inventory and a sale-to-list ratio of 100%. While median listing prices have seen a slight monthly dip, year-over-year growth remains positive, reflecting sustained demand relative to the limited supply of available homes.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the prior refresh cycle (within 12.5%).
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 5 cities · 7 ZIP reports
Median prices moved down 5.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 23 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.71% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.7% · poverty 7.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 7 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Kent County, Rhode Island — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 9.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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researched Sep 19
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researched Oct 4
| 02816 | Coventry | $350,104 | $280 | +4.2% | 35 | 98.5% | 15% | 2.8 | 120 | $1,203 | researched Oct 1 |
| 02817 | West Greenwich | $535,400 | $245 | +4.2% | 42 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.8 | 27 | $2,414 | researched Sep 19 |
| 02818 | East Greenwich | $899,900 | $495 | +12.4% | 42 | 98% | — | 5.5 | 66 | $1,431 | researched Sep 18 |
| 02886 | Warwick | $432,372 | $313 | +1% | 28 | — | — | — | 47 | $1,390 | researched Sep 29 |
| 02888 | Warwick | $425,000 | $353 | -5.3% | 23 | — | — | — | 9,007 | $1,271 | researched Sep 29 |
| 02889 | Warwick | $428,000 | $315 | +14% | 24 | 101.2% | 18% | 2.1 | 68 | $1,326 | researched Sep 30 |
| 02893 | West Warwick | $400,000 | $295 | +5.2% | 27 | 102% | 17.8% | — | 113 | $1,303 | researched Oct 4 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county maintains a stable economic base anchored by health care, retail, and manufacturing sectors, with significant educational contributions from the Community College of Rhode Island and the New England Institute of Technology.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Rhode Island) — Local Property Tax Assessment: Property is assessed at full and fair cash value. The tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value by the local tax rate (mill rate). Municipalities may apply homestead exemptions or tax classifications (residential vs. commercial) as authorized by state law.
The economy is diversified across health care, retail trade, and manufacturing, with a strong presence of public administration and finance sectors.
The county benefits from established highway corridors and proximity to the Providence-Warwick metropolitan transit infrastructure.
- Great Wolf Lodge | Mashantucket, CT3.817.9 mi
- United Skates of America4.322.8 mi
- R1 Indoor Karting | Time Mission, Dart City, Mission Box & Axe Bar4.622.3 mi
- Dave & Buster's Providence4.219.3 mi
- Wide World of Indoor Sports4.424.3 mi
- Mohegan Sun4.522.6 mi
- Foxwoods Resort Casino4.318 mi
- Mohegan Sun Arena4.622.5 mi
- Amica Mutual Pavilion4.419.1 mi
- Rhode Island Convention Center4.419.2 mi
- Foxwoods Resort Casino4.318 mi
- Roger Williams Park Zoo4.618 mi
- Great Wolf Lodge | Mashantucket, CT3.817.9 mi
- RISD Museum4.719.6 mi
- Ninigret Park4.719.8 mi
- The Breakers4.725.2 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum4.624.2 mi
- RISD Museum4.719.6 mi
- Marble House4.725.1 mi
- Lizzie Borden House (A Bed and Breakfast & Museum)4.829 mi
- Ninigret Park4.719.8 mi
- Goddard Memorial State Park4.614.4 mi
- Roger Williams Park4.718.3 mi
- Rocky Point State Park4.718.1 mi
- Logee's Plants for Home & Garden4.513.9 mi
- Foxwoods Resort Casino4.318 mi
- Topgolf Rhode Island4.314.8 mi
- Lake of Isles4.617.1 mi
- Triggs Memorial Golf Course4.217.9 mi
- Harbor Lights Dining Events Golf Marina4.417 mi
- Providence Place4.419.4 mi
- Warwick Mall4.313.1 mi
- Garden City Center4.615 mi
- Tanger Outlets Foxwoods4.417.9 mi
- Shaw's4.219.4 mi
- Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport4.415.5 mi
- Boston Skydive Center521.8 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A major public institution providing higher education and workforce development to the region.
A private technical college contributing to the local skilled labor pool.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ACS and Data USA profiles.
applies when — Rental of residential property
Landlords must disclose in writing the name and address of the person authorized to manage the premises and the owner of the premises.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-20
applies when — Foreclosure of real estate
The grantee of a foreclosure deed must pay all municipal taxes, assessments, water charges, interest, and penalties that constitute liens on the property on or before the date the deed is recorded.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-27-6
applies when — Residential real estate (1-4 units) where at least one unit is occupied by the mortgagor
Mortgagees must provide a Notice of Mediation Conference to the mortgagor prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-27-3.2; 230-RICR-40-10-4
Property is assessed at full and fair cash value. The tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value by the local tax rate (mill rate). Municipalities may apply homestead exemptions or tax classifications (residential vs. commercial) as authorized by state law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-5-12
Sellers must provide a written disclosure of the property's condition to buyers, covering specific items as mandated by state law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20.8
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.