Pawtucket vs Valley Falls

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

Pawtucket 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.

Pawtucket has the higher population (75,280 vs 12,370 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($93,653 vs $67,436 in Pawtucket). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $286,200 in Pawtucket).

Population, income & housing

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
Population	75,280	12,370
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,436	$93,653
Median home value	$286,200	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,160
Housing units	33,354	5,078
Homeownership rate	48.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
Population	71,844 → 75,280 (+4.8%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$50,476 → $67,436 (+33.6%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $286,200 (+47.1%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,152 (+25.2%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.5%
75 and over	5.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	79.6%
Black or African American	12.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	17.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
Drove alone	74.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.6%
Public transit	3.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	33.8%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	40.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	10.1%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Pawtucket	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1947	1964