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August 27, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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West Warwick, RI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in West Warwick: a median closing price of $400,000 across 217 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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West Warwick, RI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around West Warwick, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what West Warwick sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 217
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $400,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $248
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $325,000 and $490,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 217 closed sales in West Warwick over the last six months, with a median closing price of $400,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $325,000 and $490,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 217 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $199 and $299 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in West Warwick, RI (September 2026)

The median home price in West Warwick is $400,000, measured across the 217 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $325,000 and $490,000.

Where West Warwick sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in West Warwick
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $325k to $490k
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$170k to $263k: 21 sales$170k$263k to $356k: 41 sales$356k to $449k: 63 sales63sales$356k$449k to $542k: 47 sales$542k to $635k: 18 sales$542kMedian $400k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in West Warwick over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $325,000 and $490,000. Among the 10 Rhode Island markets with a published band, West Warwick's middle-half spread ($325,000 to $490,000) ranks 4th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 25th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
West Warwick monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $250 per square foot across 45 sales$250AprMay 2026: $215 per square foot across 52 sales$215MayJun 2026: $270 per square foot across 46 sales$270JunJul 2026: $258 per square foot across 19 sales$258JulAug 2026: $244 per square foot across 25 sales$244Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 19 days, across 149 West Warwick closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 143 West Warwick closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 217 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The West Warwick angle

West Warwick's closed-sale record over the last six months comes to 217 tracked closings, with a median sale price of $400,000 and the middle half of sales falling between $325,000 and $490,000. That spread is tighter than most markets we track, and a tighter band changes how much work the median can do: when half of all closings fit inside a comparatively narrow range, a typical West Warwick sale is a meaningful concept rather than a statistical fiction. The practical move is to decide early whether your subject is that typical sale. If it is, the median is a strong opening estimate; if it is not, matched closed sales have to carry the argument for the difference.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any West Warwick address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: West Warwick, RI
Geography: town (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 4400378440
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 217
Median sold price: $400,000
Median sold $/sqft: $248 (217 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in West Warwick over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across the town of West Warwick are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 16% of the 217 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $410,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in West Warwick?

The median sold price in West Warwick over the last 6 months is $400,000, measured across 217 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in West Warwick last month?

Resideline tracked 25 closed sales in West Warwick in August 2026, out of 217 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in West Warwick?

The middle half of West Warwick sales over the last six months closed between $325,000 and $490,000, with a median of $400,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in West Warwick?

Among qualifying West Warwick closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $248, measured across 217 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Does the tighter price band in West Warwick make comps less important?

No, it changes what the comps are for. Because the middle half of tracked closings fit between $325,000 and $490,000, the median at $400,000 already describes an ordinary sale reasonably well, so comps mostly serve to establish how your property differs from ordinary. The more compact the market, the more an unusual feature stands out and the more it needs closed-sale evidence behind it.

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