Wakefield-Peace Dale vs Westerly

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale 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 9,812 in Wakefield-Peace Dale). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median household income ($111,200 vs $82,333 in Westerly). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $400,200 in Westerly).

Population, income & housing

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
Population	9,812	18,528
Median age	41.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,200	$82,333
Median home value	$464,400	$400,200
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,243
Housing units	4,480	9,299
Homeownership rate	68.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.8%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
Population	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)	17,553 → 18,528 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)	$66,909 → $82,333 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)	$294,600 → $400,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)	$999 → $1,243 (+24.4%)

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

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)

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
Under 5	6.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.8%
75 and over	8.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	89.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	13.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
Drove alone	77.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.2%
Public transit	1.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
1-unit, detached	67.9%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Wakefield-Peace Dale	Westerly
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1970	1972