Ashaway vs Westerly

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

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

Westerly has the higher population (18,528 vs 1,682 in Ashaway). Ashaway has the higher median household income ($101,165 vs $82,333 in Westerly). Westerly has the higher median home value ($400,200 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Westerly
Population	1,682	18,528
Median age	38.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$82,333
Median home value	$305,600	$400,200
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,243
Housing units	654	9,299
Homeownership rate	69.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Westerly
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	17,553 → 18,528 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$66,909 → $82,333 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$294,600 → $400,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	$999 → $1,243 (+24.4%)

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

Westerly

Population

17,55318,528

Median household income

$66,909$82,333

Median home value

$294,600$400,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Westerly
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.8%
75 and over	2.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Westerly
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Westerly
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Westerly
Drove alone	95.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Westerly
1-unit, detached	91.3%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Westerly
Poverty rate	0.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1948	1972