Burrillville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 16,393 people and three associated neighborhoods, Burrillville is the 24th largest community in Rhode Island.

Also of interest is that Burrillville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Burrillville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Burrillville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Burrillville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Burrillville may be for you.

One downside of living in Burrillville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Burrillville, the average commute to work is 34.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Burrillville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.15% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Burrillville in 2022 was $46,197, which is lower middle income relative to Rhode Island, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,788 for a family of four. However, Burrillville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Burrillville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burrillville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Burrillville include French, Irish, English, Italian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Burrillville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.