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Low Water Pressure in Rhode Island
Town-by-town build-era data for 41 places we route calls in, and what it says about your pipe.
Free to homeowners in Rhode Island — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
The short answer
Rhode Island is covered here across 41 towns whose typical build years average about 1969. Era is the best free clue to what the supply pipe is made of, which in turn decides where weak pressure is worth investigating first.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035.
- You are never chargedContractors pay us when we route them a call. There is no cost to the homeowner, ever.
- Every figure names its sourceThe numbers on this site come from public data and the page says which, so you can check them.
- We say where we coverCalls are routed by ZIP code to independent contractors.See the coverage
- We say when not to callIf the fix is a few minutes of your own time, this site tells you that instead of selling you a visit.
What this site is
PressureTrace is a referral service, not a plumbing contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We do not perform plumbing work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.We route Rhode Island calls in 41 towns. Each page carries that town's typical build year, because it predicts what the supply pipe is made of.
- Providence 82,605 homes · typical build 1939 or earlier
- Warwick 33,304 homes · typical build 1960
- Pawtucket 31,050 homes · typical build 1947
- Cranston 19,415 homes · typical build 1975
- Woonsocket 17,472 homes · typical build 1950
- West Warwick 14,350 homes · typical build 1967
- Cumberland 14,102 homes · typical build 1971
- Coventry 13,667 homes · typical build 1970
- Johnston 11,295 homes · typical build 1971
- Newport 10,663 homes · typical build 1939 or earlier
- Westerly 10,002 homes · typical build 1973
- North Kingstown 9,872 homes · typical build 1969
- East Providence 9,211 homes · typical build 1956
- Bristol 8,480 homes · typical build 1967
- East Greenwich 8,185 homes · typical build 1972
- Portsmouth 7,219 homes · typical build 1972
- Lincoln 6,905 homes · typical build 1967
- North Providence 6,614 homes · typical build 1959
- Warren 4,962 homes · typical build 1952
- Smithfield 4,883 homes · typical build 1980
- North Smithfield 4,525 homes · typical build 1970
- North Scituate 3,381 homes · typical build 1961
- Greenville 2,930 homes · typical build 1973
- Chepachet 2,879 homes · typical build 1973
- Jamestown 2,563 homes · typical build 1976
- West Greenwich 2,401 homes · typical build 1989
- Saunderstown 2,283 homes · typical build 1986
- Pascoag 2,273 homes · typical build 1967
- Hope Valley 2,024 homes · typical build 1983
- West Kingston 2,023 homes · typical build 1985
- Exeter 2,011 homes · typical build 1985
- Foster 1,952 homes · typical build 1980
- Manville 1,451 homes · typical build 1973
- Hope 1,308 homes · typical build 1968
- Greene 833 homes · typical build 1983
- Wyoming 713 homes · typical build 1985
- Mapleville 634 homes · typical build 1981
- Carolina 432 homes · typical build 1989
- Slatersville 384 homes · typical build 1983
- Glendale 318 homes · typical build 1953
- Albion 302 homes · typical build 1939 or earlier
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023 release — tables B25003 (occupied housing units) and B25035 (all housing units, vacant included).
Also covered
Clayville, Fiskeville, Harmony, Kenyon, Oakland, Shannock, Wood River Junction.
Checking a credential in Rhode Island
Rhode Island licenses are issued by the Rhode Island Division of Professional Regulation, Department of Labor and Training, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this site is public and attributed. You can go and check any of them.
- HousingUS Census BureauAmerican Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035 — the median year a town’s homes were built, which is what predicts the supply pipe.
- PressureGrundfosIts homeowner guide to low water pressure is where the 45–80 psi normal range and the 40 psi threshold come from.
- WagesUS Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics for plumbers, 47-2152, behind every figure on the cost page.
- PipeworkUS Environmental Protection AgencyThe Lead and Copper Rule Improvements fact sheet, for what a service line inventory does and does not record.
What happens when you call
No form, no quote tool, no waiting for an email.
- You tell us what the water is doingOne short conversation. If it turns out to be something you can fix in five minutes, we will say so.
- We route the call in Rhode IslandWe match your ZIP code to an independent contractor who already covers your area — not a call center three states away.
- They quote, you decideWe do not set prices and we never charge you. The contractor pays us for the introduction.
- 4,387towns with a page of their own
- 38states we route calls in
- $0what a homeowner ever pays us
Still not sure whether it is the whole house or one fixture? That distinction decides who you need and what it costs, and it takes one conversation. We route you to a contractor who covers your ZIP code, you are never charged, and if the answer turns out to be an aerator we will say so. And it need not be pressure — this number takes any plumbing problem.
Call (866) 838-2750