Quonochontaug vs Watch Hill

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

Quonochontaug 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.

Quonochontaug has the higher population (577 vs 224 in Watch Hill). Watch Hill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $880,000 in Quonochontaug). Since 2019, Watch Hill's population has grown faster (+58.9% vs +7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
Population	577	224
Median age	61.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,058	—
Median home value	$880,000	$2,000,001
Housing units	766	376
Homeownership rate	93.9%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	69.3%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	25.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
Population	535 → 577 (+7.9%)	141 → 224 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$96,136 → $106,058 (+10.3%)	$85,391 → $133,542 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$869,700 → $880,000 (+1.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)

Quonochontaug

Population

535577

Median household income

$96,136$106,058

Median home value

$869,700$880,000

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)

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.6%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	0.4%
35 to 44	1.9%	3.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	19.6%
55 to 64	29.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.5%
75 and over	29.3%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	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	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	10.5%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	37.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
Drove alone	52.2%	55.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	19.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
1-unit, detached	85.8%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Quonochontaug	Watch Hill
Poverty rate	2.1%	16.5%
Average household size	1.87	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1965	1938