South County Times

Tiverton ranked eighth among cities in Rhode Island by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Tiverton residents was an inflation-adjusted $37,492 per year. Tiverton had 3,459 households in 2017, with a population of 7,727.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Carolina. Carolina's median income was $45,114 per year after adjusting for inflation – $7,622 more than Tiverton. It had 268 households in 2017 and a population of 680.

Kingston had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Rhode Island, with a median income of only $4,357 per year. That was $33,135 less than the median income in Tiverton at the time. Kingston had 729 households in 2017 and a population of 6,983.

The table below shows the top 35 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Carolina	45,114
2	Misquamicut	45,000
3	Harmony	40,625
4	Ashaway	40,553
5	Cumberland Hill	40,322
6	Weekapaug	39,531
7	Charlestown	39,355
8	Tiverton	37,492
9	Hope Valley	36,976
10	Warwick	36,146
11	Greene	35,677
12	Valley Falls	32,400
13	Pascoag	32,131
14	Narragansett Pier	31,957
15	Newport	31,784
16	Watch Hill	31,650
17	Greenville	31,582
18	Newport East	31,444
19	Westerly	31,148
20	Melville	30,888
21	Cranston	30,788
22	East Providence	30,451
23	Wyoming	30,125
24	Bradford	29,866
25	Foster Center	28,462
26	Clayville	27,386
27	Harrisville	27,176
28	Quonochontaug	26,087
29	Hopkinton	25,515
30	Chepachet	24,891
31	Pawtucket	24,530
32	Woonsocket	23,051
33	Providence	20,408
34	Central Falls	16,433
35	Kingston	4,357

* All values are inflation-adjusted