Pascoag vs Valley Falls

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

Pascoag 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 4,081 in Pascoag). Pascoag has the higher median household income ($101,359 vs $93,653 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $335,400 in Pascoag).

Population, income & housing

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
Population	4,081	12,370
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,359	$93,653
Median home value	$335,400	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,160
Housing units	1,564	5,078
Homeownership rate	66.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
Population	4,594 → 4,081 (-11.2%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$84,386 → $101,359 (+20.1%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $335,400 (+51.3%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,181 (+29.9%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	7.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	8.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
Drove alone	84.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	64.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Pascoag	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1949	1964