Misquamicut vs Quonochontaug

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

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

Quonochontaug has the higher population (577 vs 355 in Misquamicut). Quonochontaug has the higher median household income ($106,058 vs $105,250 in Misquamicut). Quonochontaug has the higher median home value ($880,000 vs $790,900 in Misquamicut).

Population, income & housing

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
Population	355	577
Median age	67.1 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,250	$106,058
Median home value	$790,900	$880,000
Housing units	810	766
Homeownership rate	89.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
Population	398 → 355 (-10.8%)	535 → 577 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$74,464 → $105,250 (+41.3%)	$96,136 → $106,058 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $790,900 (+33.7%)	$869,700 → $880,000 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $959 (+11.5%)	—

Misquamicut

Population

398355

Median household income

$74,464$105,250

Median home value

$591,500$790,900

Median gross rent

$860$959

Quonochontaug

Population

535577

Median household income

$96,136$106,058

Median home value

$869,700$880,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	1.7%	3.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	25.4%	29.6%
65 to 74	40.6%	14.0%
75 and over	18.3%	29.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	14.3%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
Drove alone	80.0%	52.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	39.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
1-unit, detached	88.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Misquamicut	Quonochontaug
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.1%
Average household size	1.70	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	42	27
Median year structure built	1974	1965