Central Falls vs Pascoag

A side-by-side comparison of Central Falls and Pascoag: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Falls and Pascoag are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Falls has the higher population (22,481 vs 4,081 in Pascoag). Pascoag has the higher median household income ($101,359 vs $45,921 in Central Falls). Pascoag has the higher median home value ($335,400 vs $300,500 in Central Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Central Falls	Pascoag
Population	22,481	4,081
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,921	$101,359
Median home value	$300,500	$335,400
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,181
Housing units	8,341	1,564
Homeownership rate	28.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Falls	Pascoag
Population	19,429 → 22,481 (+15.7%)	4,594 → 4,081 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$32,982 → $45,921 (+39.2%)	$84,386 → $101,359 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $300,500 (+88.9%)	$221,700 → $335,400 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,118 (+31.2%)	$909 → $1,181 (+29.9%)

Central Falls

Population

19,42922,481

Median household income

$32,982$45,921

Median home value

$159,100$300,500

Median gross rent

$852$1,118

Pascoag

Population

4,5944,081

Median household income

$84,386$101,359

Median home value

$221,700$335,400

Median gross rent

$909$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Falls	Pascoag
Under 5	7.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	12.5%
75 and over	3.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Falls	Pascoag
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	82.2%
Black or African American	7.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	69.3%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Falls	Pascoag
No high school diploma	39.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Falls	Pascoag
Drove alone	65.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	7.5%
Public transit	4.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.0%
Other means	7.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Falls	Pascoag
1-unit, detached	11.8%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	65.4%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	7.7%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Central Falls	Pascoag
Poverty rate	22.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1944	1949