Chepachet vs Valley Falls

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

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

Valley Falls has the higher population (12,370 vs 1,819 in Chepachet). Chepachet has the higher median household income ($95,423 vs $93,653 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $285,600 in Chepachet).

Population, income & housing

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
Population	1,819	12,370
Median age	53.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,423	$93,653
Median home value	$285,600	$347,900
Median gross rent	$977	$1,160
Housing units	822	5,078
Homeownership rate	83.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
Population	1,530 → 1,819 (+18.9%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$80,463 → $95,423 (+18.6%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $285,600 (+17.1%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $977 (-8.7%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

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

Valley Falls

Population

11,88212,370

Median household income

$83,090$93,653

Median home value

$239,000$347,900

Median gross rent

$876$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
Under 5	0.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	23.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.5%
75 and over	10.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	34.6%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
Drove alone	77.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	50.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Chepachet	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	1.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1977	1964