Watch Hill vs Weekapaug

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

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

Weekapaug has the higher population (471 vs 224 in Watch Hill). Watch Hill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $842,900 in Weekapaug). Since 2019, Watch Hill's population has grown faster (+58.9% vs +12.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
Population	224	471
Median age	51.8 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$121,111
Median home value	$2,000,001	$842,900
Housing units	376	584
Homeownership rate	89.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.3%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	25.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
Population	141 → 224 (+58.9%)	417 → 471 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$85,391 → $133,542 (+56.4%)	$62,875 → $121,111 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$494,400 → $842,900 (+70.5%)

Watch Hill

Population

141224

Median household income

$85,391$133,542

Median home value

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

Weekapaug

Population

417471

Median household income

$62,875$121,111

Median home value

$494,400$842,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	6.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	0.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	23.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	23.4%
75 and over	20.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	5.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
Drove alone	55.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	19.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	13.0%
Other means	8.8%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
1-unit, detached	92.0%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Watch Hill	Weekapaug
Poverty rate	16.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1972