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Wanskuck Providence, RI

An affordable neighborhood minutes from several top colleges and universities

Great Location Commuter College

Wanskuck is a neighborhood about three miles north of Downtown Providence. One of Wanskuck’s most alluring properties is its proximity to several colleges in the city. The neighborhood borders the campus of Providence College and is also convenient to Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Johnson and Wales University Providence Campus. Wanskuck Park offers a beautiful backdrop for hiking and dog-walking. Wanskuck only offers a few stores and restaurants but residents aren’t far from amenities and flock to nearby neighborhoods. Nearby Smith Street offers amazing dining and shopping options while Federal Hill and Downtown Providence are both about three miles away. Great for renters of any age, Wanskuck offers a wide variety of rentals for every budget from affordable to upscale.

Rent Trends

As of July 2026, the average apartment rent in Wanskuck is $1,692 for one bedroom, and $1,971 for two bedrooms. Apartment rent in Wanskuck has increased by 7.5% in the past year.

  • 1 BR

  • 800 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,692/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 1,031 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,971/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Wanskuck

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

40 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

60 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

40 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk

Groceries

80 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Great Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

80 / 100

Great Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

80 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

50 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere at Times

Vibrancy

50 / 100

Great Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

80 / 100

Very Noisy

Quiet Score

20 / 100

Reviews of Wanskuck - Providence, RI

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10 years and 5 months agoNiche Review

The area is nice and calm all depending who you live next to next and also how clean they are if they bring roaches rats and other stuff.

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Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Roger Williams National Memorial
  • Ladd Observatory
  • Woonasquatucket River Greenway - Riverside Park
  • Providence Children's Museum
  • Lincoln Woods State Park

Airports

  • Rhode Island Tf Green International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.