poll: North Smithfield #24: RI’s Best Communities 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A northern mid-sized community that embraces a number of mill villages, North Smithfield was a central stop on the Great Road's stagecoach route. Even though it faces challenges with economic growth, housing affordability, and education improvement in, this Blackstone Valley town has been redesigned into residential, industrial, and recreational use forming a pleasant suburban identity.
North Smithfield by the numbers
Established: 1730
Population: 11,967
Median household income: $79,005
Median housing price: $228,500
2013 Best Communities rankings
Overall ranking: 24
Affordability ranking: 7
Education ranking: 19
Economic condition ranking: 11
Safety ranking: 12
Arts & Culture ranking: 29 (T)
Famous residents:
Peleg Arnold, delegate to the Continental Congress and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
Jeff Jillson, National Hockey League player
David Rawlings, musician, singer/songwriter
Related Articles
- East Providence #33: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- North Providence #35: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- West Warwick #34: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Foster #30: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- North Smithfield #24: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Westerly #23: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Glocester #25: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Pawtucket #37: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Woonsocket #38: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Johnston #36: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Rhode Island’s Best Communities 2013: #39 to #1
- Burrillville #31: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- LISTEN- RI’s Best Communities 2013: #39 to #30
- Scituate #29: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Central Falls #39: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Little Compton #21: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Tiverton #27: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Coming Monday: Rhode Island’s Best Communities 2013
- Methodology: Rhode Island’s Best Communities 2013
- Warren #32: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- Cumberland #26: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- New Shoreham #28: RI’s Best Communities 2013
- West Greenwich #22: RI’s Best Communities 2013
