Misquamicut vs Watch Hill

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

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

Misquamicut has the higher population (355 vs 224 in Watch Hill). Watch Hill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $790,900 in Misquamicut). Since 2019, Watch Hill's population has grown faster (+58.9% vs -10.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
Population	355	224
Median age	67.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,250	—
Median home value	$790,900	$2,000,001
Housing units	810	376
Homeownership rate	89.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	69.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
Population	398 → 355 (-10.8%)	141 → 224 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$74,464 → $105,250 (+41.3%)	$85,391 → $133,542 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $790,900 (+33.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
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

Watch Hill

Population

141224

Median household income

$85,391$133,542

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	19.6%
55 to 64	25.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	40.6%	8.5%
75 and over	18.3%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.6%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.3%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	37.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
Drove alone	80.0%	55.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	19.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
1-unit, detached	88.9%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Misquamicut	Watch Hill
Poverty rate	8.5%	16.5%
Average household size	1.70	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	42	—
Median year structure built	1974	1938