![Valley Falls, RI in 1906](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Valley_Falls%2C_RI_in_1906.JPG)
Valley Falls is a village and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in the town of
Cumberland,
Providence County
Providence County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 660,741, or 60.2% of the state's population. Providence County contains the city of Providence, the state cap ...
,
Rhode Island
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, United States. The population was 11,547 at the
2010 census.
Warren Buffett
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's company
Berkshire Hathaway
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was founded in 1839 by
Oliver Chace
Oliver Chace (August 24, 1769 – May 21, 1852) was an American 18th and 19th-century businessman. He was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the origi ...
in Valley Falls as a cotton manufacturing company, called the
Valley Falls Company
The Valley Falls Company was founded in 1839 by Oliver Chace, in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, a historic mill village on both sides of the Blackstone River, within the modern-day town of Cumberland and city of Central Falls, Rhode Island. The Vall ...
. Valley Falls is also the home of the Ann & Hope Mill.
Geography
Valley Falls is located at
in the southern part of the town of Cumberland. It is bordered by the city of
Central Falls, Rhode Island
Central Falls is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,583 at the 2020 census. With an area of only , it is the smallest and most densely populated city in the smallest state, and the 27th most densely ...
to the south, the city of
Attleboro, Massachusetts
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to the east, and the town of
Lincoln, Rhode Island
Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,529 at the 2020 census. Lincoln is located in northeastern Rhode Island, north of Providence. Lincoln is part of the Providence metropolitan statistical ar ...
to the west. The
Blackstone River
The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 48 mi (80 km) and drains a watershed of approximately 540 sq. mi (1,400 km2). Its long history of industrial use has left ...
runs along the western and southern edge of the community.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 9.5 km
2 (3.7 mi
2). 9.2 km
2 (3.5 mi
2) of it is land and 0.3 km
2 (0.1 mi
2) of it (3.01%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census
of 2000, there were 11,599 people, 4,494 households, and 3,258 families residing in the CDP. The
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...
was 1,261.5/km
2 (3,269.5/mi
2). There were 4,668 housing units at an average density of 507.7/km
2 (1,315.8/mi
2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.88%
White
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, 0.83%
African American
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, 0.11%
Native American, 0.52%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 1.42% from
other races
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, and 1.24% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 3.94% of the population. Valley Falls has an extremely large Irish population.
There were 4,494 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,163, and the median income for a family was $52,414. Males had a median income of $35,334 versus $25,422 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $20,373. About 3.8% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
''Providence Journal'' video of the Blackstone River
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Census-designated places in Providence County, Rhode Island
Villages in Providence County, Rhode Island
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Portuguese-American culture in Rhode Island
Providence metropolitan area
Villages in Rhode Island
Census-designated places in Rhode Island