Chepachet vs Foster Center

A side-by-side comparison of Chepachet and Foster Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chepachet has the higher population (1,819 vs 328 in Foster Center). Chepachet has the higher median household income ($95,423 vs $56,027 in Foster Center). Foster Center has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $285,600 in Chepachet).

Population, income & housing

	Chepachet	Foster Center
Population	1,819	328
Median age	53.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,423	$56,027
Median home value	$285,600	$450,000
Median gross rent	$977	$1,245
Housing units	822	145
Homeownership rate	83.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chepachet	Foster Center
Population	1,530 → 1,819 (+18.9%)	289 → 328 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$80,463 → $95,423 (+18.6%)	$52,742 → $56,027 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $285,600 (+17.1%)	$251,300 → $450,000 (+79.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $977 (-8.7%)	—

Chepachet

Population

1,5301,819

Median household income

$80,463$95,423

Median home value

$243,800$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,070$977

Foster Center

Population

289328

Median household income

$52,742$56,027

Median home value

$251,300$450,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chepachet	Foster Center
Under 5	0.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	23.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	20.1%
75 and over	10.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chepachet	Foster Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chepachet	Foster Center
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chepachet	Foster Center
Drove alone	77.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chepachet	Foster Center
1-unit, detached	50.9%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	54.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chepachet	Foster Center
Poverty rate	1.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	50
Median year structure built	1977	1972