Ashaway vs Wakefield-Peace Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Ashaway and Wakefield-Peace Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher population (9,812 vs 1,682 in Ashaway). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median household income ($111,200 vs $101,165 in Ashaway). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	1,682	9,812
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$111,200
Median home value	$305,600	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,196
Housing units	654	4,480
Homeownership rate	69.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale

Population

9,7729,812

Median household income

$87,684$111,200

Median home value

$343,500$464,400

Median gross rent

$903$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	19.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.0%
75 and over	2.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Drove alone	95.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
1-unit, detached	91.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Poverty rate	0.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1948	1970