Watch Hill vs Wyoming

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

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

Wyoming has the higher population (351 vs 224 in Watch Hill). Watch Hill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $354,500 in Wyoming). Since 2019, Watch Hill's population has grown faster (+58.9% vs +3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
Population	224	351
Median age	51.8 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median home value	$2,000,001	$354,500
Housing units	376	247
Homeownership rate	89.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.3%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	25.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
Population	141 → 224 (+58.9%)	340 → 351 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$85,391 → $133,542 (+56.4%)	$55,938 → $92,434 (+65.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$251,400 → $354,500 (+41.0%)

Watch Hill

Population

141224

Median household income

$85,391$133,542

Median home value

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

Wyoming

Population

340351

Median household income

$55,938$92,434

Median home value

$251,400$354,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	4.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.4%
25 to 34	0.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	19.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	29.1%
75 and over	20.1%	36.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
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	Wyoming
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	5.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	44.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
Drove alone	55.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.7%
Public transit	19.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	0.0%
Other means	8.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
1-unit, detached	92.0%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	38.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Watch Hill	Wyoming
Poverty rate	16.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	2011