Central Falls, Rhode Island

Central Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Central Falls added 485 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +265. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so Central Falls is 37% of it.

Central Falls covers 1.19 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 19,356 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so Central Falls is denser than the typical town.

What county Central Falls is in

All of Central Falls's residents live in Providence County, which had 675,912 residents in 2024. Central Falls holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Central Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Central Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02863. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Central Falls is

The Census internal point of Central Falls is at 41.890100, -71.393500. Providence, the capital, is 4.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pawtucket, RI (76,996 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Providence, RI, 4.8 miles away.

Daylight in Central Falls

At 41.89° N, Central Falls gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Central Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Pawtucket, 1.5 miles away, with 76,996 people.