ZIP Code 02889

Warwick was founded by Samuel Gorton in 1642 and has witnessed major events in American history. It was decimated during King Philip's War (1675-1676) and was the site of the Gaspee Affair, the first act of armed resistance against the British. Warwick was also the home of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, George Washington's second-in-command, and Civil War General George S. Greene, a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg. Today, it is home to Rhode Island's main airport, T. F. Green Airport, which serves the Providence area and also functions as a reliever for Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. The city was named after a town with the same name located in England. Warwick is located at 41°43'N 71°4'W, and is the third largest city in Rhode Island, with a population of 82,823 at the 2020 census. It is located 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Providence, 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Boston, and 171 miles (275 km) northeast of New York City. It has a total area of 496 square miles (128 km²), of which 35.2 sq miles (92 km²) of it is land and 14.1 sq km (37.2sq miles) of land is water. Warwick has 1,600,600 residents, which is 1.6% of the state's total population.

Early history

Warwick was colonized by Europeans in 1642. Samuel Gorton claimed that Narragansett Nation Sachem Miantonomi sold him the Shawhomett Purchase for 144 fathoms of wampum. Massachusetts Bay Colony continued to lay claim to the area, but it made no further effort to enforce it. Warwick was the scene of the first violent act against the British Crown in the Gaspee Affair in 1772. It was here that the first blood was spilled in the American Revolution when Gaspee's commanding officer Lt. Dudingston was shot and seriously wounded during the struggle for the ship. Warwick militiamen participated in the battles of Montreal, Quebec, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Trenton, and they were present for the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781. The city was named after a town with the same name located in England. In 1648, the name of the settlement was changed from ShawHomett to Warwick. Because of this, the town of Warwick was named in honor of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Lord Admiral and head of the Parliamentary Commission on Plantation Affairs. In 1772, local patriots boarded the gaspee, a revenue cutter that enforced the Stamp Act 1765 and Townshend Acts in Narraganett Bay. The Gaspee was stripped of all cannons and arms, then burned. The name Warwick was changed to Warwick in 1648 because of this. It is now known as the capital of Rhode Island.

Transportation

Interstate 95 is the major thoroughfare of Rhode Island, with the first southbound exit in Warwick at Jefferson Boulevard. Interstate 295 connects to the main highway at exit 11, providing direct travel to Woonsocket and Massachusetts. Smaller routes include Route 37 (Lincoln Avenue Freeway) connecting 295 to U.S. Route 1, and the Airport Connector Road. The Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport is the main airport serving Rhode Island. T.F. Green Airport is a station on the Providence/Stoughton Commuter Rail Line, providing weekday service to Providence Station and Boston's South Station. The name of the airport will be changed to T.f. green airport in 2021. It is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and is the state's only international airport. The airport is located on the Rhode Island Turnpike, which was built in the early 1900s. It was originally known as the Warwick Turnpikes, but was later renamed after the Warwick Airport, which is also located in the state. It has a total length of 1,856 miles (1,900 km) and has a passenger traffic capacity of 1.2 million (1.3 million passengers per day). It is the only airport in Rhode Island that is not located in an urban area. It also has a commuter rail station, providing service to the Providence Station station and Boston South Station, as well as commuter rail service to both cities on weekends and weekdays.

Geography

Warwick is located at 41°43N 71°25W (41.7181, 71.4152).According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.6 square miles (128 km²) of which 35.5square miles (92km²) is land. 14.1square miles of it is water. The following villages are located in Warwick: West Warwick, East Warwick, Westport, and Westport-on-the-Bay. The city is home to the University of Rhode Island's College of Pharmacy. Warwick is also the home of the Rhode Island School of Medicine, which has a campus in Warwick. The University of New Hampshire's School of Nursing has a branch in Warwick as well. The Warwick School of Music is located in the town of Warwick and is a part of the College of Medicine-Rhode Island campus. The school has a college of medicine program in Warwick, which is a division of the University of New Rhode Northeastern. The university has a chapter of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which was founded in 1876. It is the oldest of its kind in the United States. It was the first college in Rhode Island to admit women in 1878. It also has the first high school, which opened in 1881. It has a post-secondary institution, the Warwick College of Economics, which began in 1883. The town's name comes from the Warwick River, which runs through the city.

Demographics

Warwick is officially a part of the Providence metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,600,852 in 2010 census. As of the census of 2020, there were 82,976 people, with 35,469 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 90.1% White, 2.1%, African American, 0.4% Native American, 3.3% Asian, 0%.0% Pacific Islander, and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the population. The median income for a household in theCity was $46,483, and the median income. for a family was $56,225. The per capita income for the city is $23,410. About 4.2% of families and 5.8% of those under the age of 18 were below the poverty line, including 6.4 of those under age 18 and 7.5  of those age 65 or over. The city is home to the Rhode Island Shakespeare Festival, which runs through the end of the year. The festival is held in the town of Warwick, Rhode Island. It is one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the U.S., with more than 2,000 members. The Providence Shakespeare Festival runs from September to December. It was founded in 1876 and is the oldest Shakespeare festival in the United States. It has a history dating back to the 17th century.

Government

Warwick is split into three districts in the Rhode Island Senate. The town is a part of Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district, which is currently represented by Democrat James Langevin. It is traditionally Democratic in presidential elections; no Republican has carried it in over three decades. The city is home to the University of Warwick, which was founded in 1788. The university is a member of the College of William & Mary. It was founded by William and Mary's founder, William Henry Williams, in 1776. The University of Providence is located in the town's downtown area. It has a population of around 2,000. The Town of Warwick is part of the Central Coast region of the U.S. state of New England, and is located on the eastern edge of the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The Rhode Island River runs through the town, and the town is in the state's eastern part. The Warwick River is a tributary of the Narragansett River, which runs through Rhode Island and into Massachusetts. It runs through Warwick and is known as the "Rhode Island River" and is a popular destination for tourists and visitors to the state. It also has a number of historic sites, including the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the site of the Battle of the Bulge, which dates back to 16th century history. The Town of Warwick has a history of being heavily involved in politics, particularly in the politics of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Economy

Warwick is a city in Rhode Island.It is considered part of the Pawtuxet River Valley.The ten largest employers in Warwick are Kent Memorial Hospital, Citizens Bank- Warwick Call Center, UPS, MetLife, City of Warwick, Leviton Manufacturing, Wal-Mart, Community College of Rhode Island, J.C. Penney, Kenney Manufacturing, and Inskip Automall. Before its dissolution, Eckerd Corporation had its headquarters in Warwick. The city is home to the Rhode Island College of Technology, which offers classes in business, finance, and marketing. The town is also home to Warwick University, a private liberal arts college. It is located on Rhode Island's Eastern Seaboard, and is on the Massachusetts Turnpike, which runs through the town of Warwick.

Education

Toll Gate High School and Pilgrim High School are the two comprehensive public high schools located in Warwick. Rocky Hill School is a Pre-K12 co-ed secular country day school located on Warwick's isolated Potowomut peninsula. The Community College of Rhode Island Knight Campus is also located on the former Knight Estate. The school department is headed by superintendent Lynn Dambruch. The two public middle schools are Winman Juniorhigh School and Warwick Veterans Junior High School. Aldrich Junior high School and Gorton Junior High school closed in 2016 as part of the school consolidation project. Warwick Public Schools is a division of the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It is located in the town of Warwick, Rhode Island, but lists an East Greenwich address, despite being geographically included in the city of Warwick. It also lists an address in East Greenwich, although it is located on a peninsula that is part of Warwick and not East Greenwich. The public high school is Bishop Hendricken High School, which is an all-male college preparatory Catholic high school. The community college is based in Warwick and is known as the Knight Campus. It was founded in the 1970s on the Knight Estate, which was later sold to a private company. The Knight Campus opened in the 1990s and is now located in Rhode Island and is a community college. It has an undergraduate and graduate program in business and technology. The college also has a business program in the early childhood education program.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island = 56. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 53. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Warwick = 3.6 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 82,823 individuals with a median age of 42.8 age the population dropped by -1.59% in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 2,366.30 residents per square mile of area (913.64/km²). There are average 2.33 people per household in the 35,819 households with an average household income of $58,253 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 11.50% of the available work force and has dropped -3.96% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.58%. The number of physicians in Warwick per 100,000 population = 261.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Warwick = 44.9 inches and the annual snowfall = 35.4 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 124. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 200. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 20.5 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 52, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island which are owned by the occupant = 68.53%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 48 years with median home cost = $159,090 and home appreciation of -14.28%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $21.56 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $8,008 per student. There are 14.9 students for each teacher in the school, 362 students for each Librarian and 274 students for each Counselor. 8.32% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 16.78% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 8.04% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).