Coventry is a medium-sized town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 35,898 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Coventry is the eighth largest community in Rhode Island.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Coventry is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coventry is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coventry who work in office and administrative support (11.46%), management occupations (10.21%), and sales jobs (9.99%). Also of interest is that Coventry has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Coventry is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.31% of adults in Coventry have a college degree. The per capita income in Coventry in 2022 was $44,386, which is middle income relative to Rhode Island, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,544 for a family of four. However, Coventry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Coventry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coventry residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Coventry include Irish, English, Italian, French, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Coventry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
