East Providence vs Pawtucket

A side-by-side comparison of East Providence and Pawtucket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pawtucket has the higher population (75,280 vs 46,970 in East Providence). East Providence has the higher median household income ($79,660 vs $67,436 in Pawtucket). East Providence has the higher median home value ($322,100 vs $286,200 in Pawtucket).

Population, income & housing

	East Providence	Pawtucket
Population	46,970	75,280
Median age	43.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,660	$67,436
Median home value	$322,100	$286,200
Median gross rent	$1,262	$1,152
Housing units	21,769	33,354
Homeownership rate	61.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Providence	Pawtucket
Population	47,483 → 46,970 (-1.1%)	71,844 → 75,280 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$59,142 → $79,660 (+34.7%)	$50,476 → $67,436 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $322,100 (+45.3%)	$194,600 → $286,200 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $1,262 (+29.6%)	$920 → $1,152 (+25.2%)

East Providence

Population

47,48346,970

Median household income

$59,142$79,660

Median home value

$221,700$322,100

Median gross rent

$974$1,262

Pawtucket

Population

71,84475,280

Median household income

$50,476$67,436

Median home value

$194,600$286,200

Median gross rent

$920$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Providence	Pawtucket
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Providence	Pawtucket
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	47.7%
Black or African American	5.4%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Providence	Pawtucket
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Providence	Pawtucket
Drove alone	76.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.1%
Public transit	2.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Providence	Pawtucket
1-unit, detached	52.3%	33.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	40.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	East Providence	Pawtucket
Poverty rate	10.8%	13.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1958	1947