It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Burrillville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Burrillville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Burrillville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Burrillville may be for you.
In Burrillville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Burrillville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.15% of adults in Burrillville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Burrillville in 2022 was $46,197, which is lower middle income relative to Rhode Island, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,788 for a family of four. However, Burrillville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Burrillville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burrillville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Burrillville include French, Irish, English, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Burrillville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
