Harrisville vs Pascoag

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

Harrisville 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 1,816 in Harrisville). Pascoag has the higher median household income ($101,359 vs $66,016 in Harrisville). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $335,400 in Pascoag).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisville	Pascoag
Population	1,816	4,081
Median age	52.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,016	$101,359
Median home value	$348,700	$335,400
Median gross rent	$825	$1,181
Housing units	915	1,564
Homeownership rate	67.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisville	Pascoag
Population	1,460 → 1,816 (+24.4%)	4,594 → 4,081 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$29,663 → $66,016 (+122.6%)	$84,386 → $101,359 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $348,700 (+93.4%)	$221,700 → $335,400 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)	$909 → $1,181 (+29.9%)

Harrisville

Population

1,4601,816

Median household income

$29,663$66,016

Median home value

$180,300$348,700

Median gross rent

$763$825

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)

	Harrisville	Pascoag
Under 5	4.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	22.2%	12.5%
75 and over	13.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisville	Pascoag
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisville	Pascoag
No high school diploma	2.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	50.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisville	Pascoag
Drove alone	85.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisville	Pascoag
1-unit, detached	40.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Harrisville	Pascoag
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1970	1949