Pawtucket

Population & Demographics

Pawtucket, RI

Pawtucket is home to 75,893 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 36,298 resident workers commute each day.

Rhode IslandCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
75,893
people
Population

75,893 residents

Median age 37.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Pawtucket population & demographics

Who lives in Pawtucket — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
75,893
Median age
37.1yrs
Median household income
$68,310
Median home value
$325,500
Median gross rent
$1,208/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.2%
Poverty rate
13.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Pawtucket

How Pawtucket breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White46.3%
Hispanic or Latino26.8%
Two or more races12.1%
Black11.0%
Some other race2.0%
Asian1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Pawtucket

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Pawtucket.

Pawtucket at a glance
Employed Residents
36,298
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Providence
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Pawtucket proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Pawtucket commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Pawtucket

36,298 commutes, one dot at a time

Pawtucket

Where 36,298 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Pawtucket, by worker count.

1Providence4.3 mi6,741
2Pawtucket0.0 mi4,393
3Warwick11.4 mi1,972
4East Providence5.2 mi1,817
5Cranston8.3 mi1,506
6Attleboro5.2 mi1,451
7Boston34.2 mi1,163
8North Attleborough Town7.1 mi658

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Pawtucket.

1Pawtucket0.0 mi4,393
2Providence4.3 mi2,779
3Cranston8.3 mi1,184
4Warwick11.4 mi1,095
5East Providence5.2 mi999
6Central Falls1.3 mi757
7Woonsocket10.9 mi422
8Attleboro5.2 mi418

Top industries

The sectors that employ Pawtucket’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.9%
MFManufacturing13.6%
EDEducational Services9.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.5%
RTRetail Trade6.9%
COConstruction6.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.0%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises4.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Pawtucket

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
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