Pawcatuck vs Waterford

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

Pawcatuck and Waterford 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 3,496 in Waterford). Waterford has the higher median household income ($75,968 vs $75,820 in Pawcatuck). Pawcatuck has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $245,600 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
Population	5,475	3,496
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,820	$75,968
Median home value	$330,700	$245,600
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,618
Housing units	2,760	1,671
Homeownership rate	54.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
Population	5,305 → 5,475 (+3.2%)	3,008 → 3,496 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$58,007 → $75,820 (+30.7%)	$56,181 → $75,968 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$243,600 → $330,700 (+35.8%)	$197,600 → $245,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,152 (+21.3%)	$1,187 → $1,618 (+36.3%)

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

Waterford

Population

3,0083,496

Median household income

$56,181$75,968

Median home value

$197,600$245,600

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
Under 5	6.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.0%
75 and over	8.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
Drove alone	80.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
1-unit, detached	53.5%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Pawcatuck	Waterford
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1953	1967