Chepachet vs Harrisville

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

Chepachet and Harrisville 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 1,816 in Harrisville). Chepachet has the higher median household income ($95,423 vs $66,016 in Harrisville). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $285,600 in Chepachet).

Population, income & housing

	Chepachet	Harrisville
Population	1,819	1,816
Median age	53.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,423	$66,016
Median home value	$285,600	$348,700
Median gross rent	$977	$825
Housing units	822	915
Homeownership rate	83.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chepachet	Harrisville
Population	1,530 → 1,819 (+18.9%)	1,460 → 1,816 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$80,463 → $95,423 (+18.6%)	$29,663 → $66,016 (+122.6%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $285,600 (+17.1%)	$180,300 → $348,700 (+93.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $977 (-8.7%)	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)

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

Harrisville

Population

1,4601,816

Median household income

$29,663$66,016

Median home value

$180,300$348,700

Median gross rent

$763$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chepachet	Harrisville
Under 5	0.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	22.2%
75 and over	10.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chepachet	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	93.9%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chepachet	Harrisville
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chepachet	Harrisville
Drove alone	77.9%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chepachet	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	50.9%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	18.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chepachet	Harrisville
Poverty rate	1.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	41
Median year structure built	1977	1970