Foster Center vs Pascoag

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

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

Pascoag has the higher population (4,081 vs 328 in Foster Center). Pascoag has the higher median household income ($101,359 vs $56,027 in Foster Center). Foster Center has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $335,400 in Pascoag).

Population, income & housing

	Foster Center	Pascoag
Population	328	4,081
Median age	45.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,027	$101,359
Median home value	$450,000	$335,400
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,181
Housing units	145	1,564
Homeownership rate	38.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster Center	Pascoag
Population	289 → 328 (+13.5%)	4,594 → 4,081 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$52,742 → $56,027 (+6.2%)	$84,386 → $101,359 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $450,000 (+79.1%)	$221,700 → $335,400 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$909 → $1,181 (+29.9%)

Foster Center

Population

289328

Median household income

$52,742$56,027

Median home value

$251,300$450,000

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)

	Foster Center	Pascoag
Under 5	1.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	20.1%	12.5%
75 and over	11.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster Center	Pascoag
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster Center	Pascoag
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster Center	Pascoag
Drove alone	91.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster Center	Pascoag
1-unit, detached	38.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	54.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Foster Center	Pascoag
Poverty rate	6.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	50	31
Median year structure built	1972	1949