The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-12
IS
THIRD IN HOME
OWNERSHIP

The following bulletin by the bureau OF
Industrial statistics on the proprietorship
of homes I'm Rhode Island shows compara-
tive figures for the state for 1905 and
1906 No tabulation OF homes owned or
hired was made by tho 1895 state census
bureau, and the u. s. census bureau for
1900 made no tabulation OF this feature by
cities and towns so that comparison can
only be made for the state as a whole,
for 1906 and 1900.
Out OF total .22s families found In
the state June 1. 1906, 14So made no re-
turns as to home proprietorship a de-
crease In unknown of 1895 as compa,ea
with 1900. OF the 1890 unknown, both
owned and hired would enter into the
number so tabulated, the result g''rns
considerably less than one per cent O. er-
ror.
The increase OF 500 in homes owned in
1906 for the state over the number owned
In 1900. is due to the development OF the
suburbs, through the assistance OF loan
associations and real estate agencies. Tho
per cent OF increase in homes owned, l.20
per cent Is somewhat affected by the AL
most abnormal per cent OF homes owned
New Shoreham leads all In the state
In ownership, with 1852 per cent. OF
all it's families occupying homes owned.
Little Compton Is second, with 72.41 per
cent; Foster third, with 70.41 per cent;
and the town OF West Greenwich
fourth. with $40 per cent. All OF the
towns show greater per cent, of
homes owned than do the cities. The
wide variation in the per cent. OF homes
owned In New Shoreham, 1852 per
cent, and the town which shows the
smallest per cent, owned, (Lincoln,
27.01 per cent? is a variation due TO
local conditions. The population of
New Shoreham is more permanent than
any other town while the population
OF Lincoln is affected in It's per-
manency by industrial conditions, and
Little Compton, second In ownership,
cannot strictly be said to follow the
rule Of permanency OF residence for
the same reason as New Shoreham, IL
retains Its position through the alb
sence of manufacturing establishments.
creating shifting population. The
town Of Foster. third in ownership, and
West Greenwich. fourth, are good ex-
amples OF the theory OF the owner
ship OF homes as Influenced by indus
tries.
II Is noticeable that the towns ad-
jacent to Providence show increase in
per cent. owned in Providence. The
tendency of the times towards the
ownership of suburban homes, and the
laws relating to taxes In force in Provi-
dence, bring about this condition.
OF the five cities, Newport, with 1884
per cent. owned, ranks first; Paw
tucket, second. with 27.26 per cent;
Providence, third, with 21.73 per cent;
CeRtral Falls, fourth, with 20.S9 per
cent, and Woonsocket, fifth, with 20.S7
per cent
The same rule which tends to increase
the percentage OF ownership OF homes In
country towns, holds true in the cities,
although the lead Newport shows is TO
certain extent attained by reason of its
summer residents. The county OF Wash
tington with 47.44 per cent owned: New
port with 44S4 per cent; Bristol with 43.13
per cent: Kent with 1927 per cent. and
Providence with 1886 per cent, IN the
order named follow inversely the indus
trial rank by counties. and again demon
state the rule which controls the proprie-
torship Of homes.
The urban population, cities and towns
having a population over 5000. including
Warwick, Newport, Central Falls, Gran
ston, Cumberland Fast Providence, Lin
coin, Pawtucket, Providence, Woonsocket
and Westerly, show 26.33 per cent. OF
homes owner, the rural towns having 1857
per cent.
These figures concluslvely prove the fact
that the proprietorship OF hines is regu-
lated in this state by the industrial activ.
ity OF it's population rather than by in
dividual wealth