Pawtucket.
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Rhode Island·Providence County
21 tracts·76K people·$326K median·8,756/mi²
White 46 · Hispanic 27 · Multiracial 12 · Black 11 · Other 3 · Asian 1
Other 35 · Married couple 33 · Living alone 32
Health 25 · Professional 24 · Manufacturing 21 · Retail 14 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 2 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 35 · Service 20 · Sales · office 19 · Production · transport 16 · Construction · maintenance 9
Drive alone 75 · Carpool 16 · Work from home 9 · Transit 3 · Walk 2 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Pawtucket is $325,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.7× the US median of $458,812.
Pawtucket has 75,893 residents across 21 census tracts and 5 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 37.1; the population is 46.3% White, 26.8% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Multiracial, 11.0% Black, 2.5% Other and 1.2% Asian; the average household has 2.5 people; 22.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 13.3% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Francis J. Varieur School (49%), Flora S. Curtis School (34%) and Curvin-McCabe School (29%) lead the elementary schools; Lyman B. Goff Middle School (15%), Joseph Jenks Middle School (8%) and Samuel Slater Middle School (6%) lead the middle schools; Jacqueline M. Walsh School (37%), Blackstone Academy Charter (35%) and William E. Tolman High (22%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,208/month, 23% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Pawtucket is $68,310 a year, 21% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Pawtucket, median rent is $1,208/month and the median home value is $325,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Pawtucket reported 3.0 violent crimes and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 80°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 97 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 51 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Pawtucket are heat wave (61), inland flooding (50) and ice storm (46), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.20g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Pawtucket, 1.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).