Valley Falls vs Woonsocket

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

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

Woonsocket has the higher population (43,074 vs 12,370 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($93,653 vs $58,614 in Woonsocket). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $268,000 in Woonsocket).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
Population	12,370	43,074
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,653	$58,614
Median home value	$347,900	$268,000
Median gross rent	$1,160	$1,116
Housing units	5,078	19,436
Homeownership rate	68.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
Population	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)	41,603 → 43,074 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)	$42,595 → $58,614 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)	$173,300 → $268,000 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)	$912 → $1,116 (+22.4%)

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

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)

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
Under 5	5.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	53.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
No high school diploma	15.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
Drove alone	78.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.5%
Other means	1.7%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
1-unit, detached	65.8%	25.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	40.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	22.3%
20 or more units	6.5%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Valley Falls	Woonsocket
Poverty rate	4.9%	19.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1964	1950