Ashaway vs Quonochontaug

A side-by-side comparison of Ashaway and Quonochontaug: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashaway has the higher population (1,682 vs 577 in Quonochontaug). Quonochontaug has the higher median household income ($106,058 vs $101,165 in Ashaway). Quonochontaug has the higher median home value ($880,000 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
Population	1,682	577
Median age	38.6 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$106,058
Median home value	$305,600	$880,000
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	654	766
Homeownership rate	69.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	535 → 577 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$96,136 → $106,058 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$869,700 → $880,000 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	—

Ashaway

Population

1,1951,682

Median household income

$104,337$101,165

Median home value

$232,000$305,600

Median gross rent

$970$1,318

Quonochontaug

Population

535577

Median household income

$96,136$106,058

Median home value

$869,700$880,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	3.6%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	19.4%	5.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	29.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.0%
75 and over	2.0%	29.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
Drove alone	95.7%	52.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	39.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
1-unit, detached	91.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Quonochontaug
Poverty rate	0.6%	2.1%
Average household size	2.69	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1948	1965