Best PlacesPrudence Island, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prudence Island, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prudence Island ranks 7,474th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prudence Island
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Prudence Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prudence Island ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$131,875 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Prudence Island ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,405 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prudence Island
A household needs to earn about $161,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prudence Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $131,875, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Prudence Island's effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Prudence Island
Prudence Island runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prudence Island.
Who works in Prudence Island, and how
Work in Prudence Island centers on public administration and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in Prudence Island
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Prudence Island, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prudence Island, month by month
Prudence Island sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 57° | 51° | 45° |
| July | 83° | 78° | 72° |
| October | 64° | 60° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Prudence Island
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prudence Island
Schools across Prudence Island average an A, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilbur And Mcmahon SchoolsB− · 40% proficient
- Colt Andrews SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Warwick Neck SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jamestown School-lawnA · 65% proficient
- Portsmouth Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Warwick Veterans Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Portsmouth High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Tiverton High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Mt. Hope High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prudence Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prudence Island measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Prudence Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prudence Island
Is Prudence Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prudence Island ranks 7,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state finances and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prudence Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $597,200. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $131,875 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Prudence Island safe?
Prudence Island is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $505 per resident a year.
Compare Prudence Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prudence Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prudence Island represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Prudence Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prudence Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prudence Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prudence Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prudence Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prudence Island detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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