What is the population of Pawcatuck CDP?

Pawcatuck CDP has 5,475 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 215 in Connecticut.

What is the median household income in Pawcatuck CDP?

Median household income in Pawcatuck CDP is $75,820 a year, 3.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pawcatuck CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,152 a month and the median home value is $330,700, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.

Is Pawcatuck CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pawcatuck CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pawcatuck, CT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pawcatuck, Connecticut (Pawcatuck, CT — Census place “Pawcatuck CDP”) is 5,475 residents, ranking #64 of 215 places in Connecticut. Median household income is $75,820, the median home is worth $330,700 and median gross rent runs $1,152 a month. Looking for the Pawcatuck Connecticut ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pawcatuck, CT: 06379.

Population: 5,475Pawcatuck CDP residents
Median household income: $75,820Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $330,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,152Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.1%Owner-occupied households

Pawcatuck ZIP codes (Connecticut)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pawcatuck.

The Pawcatuck CT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

06379

What the numbers mean in Pawcatuck CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pawcatuck CDP median would spend about 18.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 54.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Pawcatuck CDP, CT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pawcatuck CDP is a mid-size town in Connecticut, with 5,475 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #64 of 215 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 42.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Pawcatuck CDP earn a median of $75,820 a year, 3.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $96,484 median for the 159 Connecticut cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pawcatuck CDP is valued at $330,700, 9% above the national figure and 4% below the $344,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,152 a month, 18.1% below the national figure, or roughly $13,824 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 54.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Pawcatuck CDP?: Pawcatuck CDP has 5,475 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 215 in Connecticut.
What is the median household income in Pawcatuck CDP?: Median household income in Pawcatuck CDP is $75,820 a year, 3.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pawcatuck CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,152 a month and the median home value is $330,700, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
Is Pawcatuck CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pawcatuck CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pawcatuck CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.