Pawcatuck vs Willimantic

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

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

Willimantic has the higher population (17,774 vs 5,475 in Pawcatuck). Pawcatuck has the higher median household income ($75,820 vs $41,972 in Willimantic). Pawcatuck has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $180,600 in Willimantic).

Population, income & housing

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
Population	5,475	17,774
Median age	42.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,820	$41,972
Median home value	$330,700	$180,600
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,060
Housing units	2,760	7,007
Homeownership rate	54.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
Population	5,305 → 5,475 (+3.2%)	17,358 → 17,774 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$58,007 → $75,820 (+30.7%)	$40,122 → $41,972 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$243,600 → $330,700 (+35.8%)	$148,900 → $180,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,152 (+21.3%)	$877 → $1,060 (+20.9%)

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

Willimantic

Population

17,35817,774

Median household income

$40,122$41,972

Median home value

$148,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$877$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
Under 5	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	23.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.6%
75 and over	8.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	42.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
No high school diploma	5.2%	18.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
Drove alone	80.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.5%	4.5%
Walked	2.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
1-unit, detached	53.5%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	18.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Pawcatuck	Willimantic
Poverty rate	11.1%	26.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1953	1955