Pawtucket vs Woonsocket

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

Pawtucket and Woonsocket 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 43,074 in Woonsocket). Pawtucket has the higher median household income ($67,436 vs $58,614 in Woonsocket). Pawtucket has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $268,000 in Woonsocket).

Population, income & housing

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
Population	75,280	43,074
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,436	$58,614
Median home value	$286,200	$268,000
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,116
Housing units	33,354	19,436
Homeownership rate	48.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
Population	71,844 → 75,280 (+4.8%)	41,603 → 43,074 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$50,476 → $67,436 (+33.6%)	$42,595 → $58,614 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $286,200 (+47.1%)	$173,300 → $268,000 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,152 (+25.2%)	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)

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

Woonsocket

Population

41,60343,074

Median household income

$42,595$58,614

Median home value

$173,300$268,000

Median gross rent

$912$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
Under 5	5.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	53.8%
Black or African American	12.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	10.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
No high school diploma	17.5%	18.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
Drove alone	74.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.2%
Public transit	3.9%	1.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.5%
Other means	1.6%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
1-unit, detached	33.8%	25.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	40.9%	40.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	22.3%
20 or more units	10.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Pawtucket	Woonsocket
Poverty rate	13.6%	19.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1947	1950