Rhode Island
A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Rhode Island has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 102.3.
- Sales tax
- 7.0%
- Wage income tax
- Yes
- Property tax
- 1.07%
Benefit pages
Each program has its own page for Rhode Island. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.
- SNAP eligibility · unlikely
- Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
- WIC eligibility · likely
- School meals eligibility · likely
- LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
- Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
- Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
- SSI eligibility · unlikely
- State programs eligibility · maybe
Counties
- Kent County · 2-bed $1,879
- Newport County
- Providence County · 2-bed $1,879
- Washington County
Towns
25 places in Rhode Island have a cost page and a benefits page.
- Providence · benefits
- Cranston · benefits
- Warwick · benefits
- Pawtucket · benefits
- East Providence · benefits
- Woonsocket · benefits
- Newport · benefits
- Central Falls · benefits
- Westerly · benefits
- Valley Falls · benefits
- Newport East · benefits
- Wakefield-Peace Dale · benefits
- Cumberland Hill · benefits
- Greenville · benefits
- Tiverton · benefits
- Kingston · benefits
- Pascoag · benefits
- Narragansett Pier · benefits
- Hope Valley · benefits
- Chepachet · benefits
- Harrisville · benefits
- Ashaway · benefits
- Melville · benefits
- Bradford · benefits
- Charlestown · benefits
Metros in this ranking
- Providence · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA