A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Glocester$3,230/mo

Typical home $509K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,417/mo · Housing →

Harmony$2,240/mo

Typical home $341K (Census) · tax rate 1.58% · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,800 a year, between Glocester and Harmony.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Glocester and Harmony share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

GlocesterHarmony

Glocester ↔ Harmony4.0 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

45 Harmony residents work in Glocester (7.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Harmony →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Rhode Island ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A+GlocesterSafer than 97% of U.S. towns –HarmonyNot graded

Schools

B+GlocesterBetter than 74% of districts in the state –HarmonyNot graded

Health

A−GlocesterHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns –HarmonyNot graded

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

GlocesterHarmony

Snow a year62″62″

January low19°F 19°F

July high80°F 80°F

Growing season (days)176d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)18th 15th

Outdoors & history

GlocesterHarmony

Trails49 mi 2 mi

Conserved land19.2%6.7%

Settled1731 —

National Register places4 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here5 —

Community

GlocesterHarmony

Library hours a week42 hrs 37 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Rhode Island average

GlocesterHarmony

People

Population 10,221Highest 1,006Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.3%Lowest RI: +4.3% +5.2%Highest RI: +4.3%

Median age 50.8±4.3Highest 25% above RI 47.2±20Lowest 16% above RI

Glocester and Harmony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 19.8%±4.3Lowest RI: 18.8% 24.3%±9.4Highest RI: 18.8%

Harmony and Glocester are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 22.2%±3.4Highest RI: 18.7% 11.2%±11.3Lowest RI: 18.7%

Glocester and Harmony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.7%Lowest RI: 37.7% 38.2%Highest RI: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.9Highest RI: 8.3% 2.7%±3.4Lowest RI: 8.3%

Glocester and Harmony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,508±$7kLowest 29% above RI $120,235±$15kHighest 37% above RI

Harmony and Glocester are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $396,500±$28kHighest about the RI average $341,400±$154kLowest 16% below RI

Glocester and Harmony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,417±$627 6% above RI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,248Lowest 7% above RI $5,403Highest 10% above RI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.5%±24Lowest RI: 48% 100%±81.6Highest RI: 48%

Harmony and Glocester are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest RI: 11.2% 14%Highest RI: 11.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91%Lowest RI: 63.6% 92.3%Highest RI: 63.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 13 yrs newer than RI 1954Lowest 8 yrs older than RI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minLowest 35% above RI 35 minHighest 38% above RI

Work from home 13.1%±4.7Highest RI: 13% 10%±7.3Lowest RI: 13%

Glocester and Harmony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Lowest 0.51Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Providence (15%)Providence (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Harmony8% work in Glocester

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19.2%Highest 6.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 49.2 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.4Lowest 12.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 38 in RI—

School district Foster-Glocester · Glocester—

High school in town Ponaganset High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 12.8 —

Rhode Island average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Glocester vs Harmony

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Glocester

Glocester and Harmony share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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