Jewett City vs Pawcatuck

A side-by-side comparison of Jewett City and Pawcatuck: population, income, housing, and more.

Jewett City and Pawcatuck are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pawcatuck has the higher population (5,475 vs 3,412 in Jewett City). Pawcatuck has the higher median household income ($75,820 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Pawcatuck has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
Population	3,412	5,475
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$75,820
Median home value	$196,600	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,152
Housing units	1,561	2,760
Homeownership rate	37.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	5,305 → 5,475 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$58,007 → $75,820 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$243,600 → $330,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$950 → $1,152 (+21.3%)

Jewett City

Population

3,3853,412

Median household income

$49,311$55,590

Median home value

$158,600$196,600

Median gross rent

$997$1,100

Pawcatuck

Population

5,3055,475

Median household income

$58,007$75,820

Median home value

$243,600$330,700

Median gross rent

$950$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
Under 5	1.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	2.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
Drove alone	71.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	10.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
1-unit, detached	22.7%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	32.0%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	5.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Pawcatuck
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1960	1953