The 10 most stressed places in Rhode Island

Central Falls is the most stressful place in Rhode Island, according to a new study by career expert website Zippia.

In order to measure stress, Zippia selected a set of six criteria that reflect its root causes for most people and used them to look at the 18 places in Rhode Island with a population over 2,000.

Percentage of population with a long commute (over 30 minutes)
Unemployment Rate
Hours worked
Population density
Percentage of income spent on rent
Percentage of population without health insurance

According to Zippia, the higher any of these were, the more stressed the people of the place are. The rest of the top 10 most stressed places in Rhode Island are Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Pascoag, Providence, East Providence, Cranston, Warwick, Kingston, and Westerly.

CHECK OUT ZIPPIA’S FULL STORY AND METHODOLOGY HERE.

Detailed List Of Stressed Places In Rhode Island

City	Rank	Population	People With High Rent	People With Long Commute	People Without Insurance
Central Falls	1	19,406	58.0%	35.4%	27.6%
Woonsocket	2	41,136	50.2%	36.0%	11.4%
Pawtucket	3	71,313	48.6%	29.9%	15.0%
Pascoag	4	4,310	55.2%	62.5%	9.8%
Providence	5	178,562	51.9%	23.2%	18.7%
East Providence	6	47,166	42.9%	24.0%	8.7%
Cranston	7	80,680	49.3%	22.3%	10.2%
Warwick	8	82,065	50.0%	27.4%	7.2%
Kingston	9	7,136	85.1%	29.5%	5.8%
Westerly	10	17,984	53.2%	24.1%	8.3%
Newport	11	24,599	40.5%	20.0%	12.6%
Newport East	12	10,953	48.8%	18.2%	9.3%
Narragansett Pier	13	3,749	38.8%	35.8%	10.8%
Greenville	14	8,596	53.6%	34.4%	3.7%
Tiverton	15	7,300	39.7%	32.5%	6.7%
Wakefield-Peacedale	16	8,911	42.2%	35.6%	7.8%
Valley Falls	17	12,108	38.3%	30.0%	6.4%
Cumberland Hill	18	8,194	38.8%	34.3%	2.7%