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SheetCT-PAWCATUCK-CT · Pawcatuck, CT 5,475 pop · income 57th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Pawcatuck
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pawcatuck on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Prairie du Ch… · lowest
52,670
Prairie du Ch… · lowest
52,670 median HH income
21.1% of the leader · rank #1
Claymont · near
75,808
Claymont · near
75,808 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #2
Bayside Garde… · near
75,810
Bayside Garde… · near
75,810 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #3
Pawcatuck · this city
75,820
Pawcatuck · this city
75,820 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #4
Du Bois · near
75,833
Du Bois · near
75,833 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #5
Homer · near
75,833
Homer · near
75,833 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #6
Noroton · highest
250,001
Noroton · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Pawcatuck on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,475.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Pawcatuck places in the 57th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
57th
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Pawcatuck, CT
5,475 people live in Pawcatuck, Connecticut - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Pawcatuck brings in $75,820 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Pawcatuck's housing stock carries a median value of $330,700, and the median resident age is 42.8 years. Educational attainment runs 37.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 62.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Connecticut at 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,955 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $345 across Connecticut, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 87.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Pawcatuck's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pawcatuck, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Pawcatuck?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 37.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pawcatuck?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Noroton (5,522 residents, $250,000+ income); Sherwood Manor (5,781 residents, $96,274 income); Terryville (5,112 residents, $73,438 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Prairie du Chien, WI (5,471 residents); Spirit Lake, IA (5,469 residents); Floral, FL (5,467 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Pawcatuck?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Pawcatuck?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Above median income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
C-
City profile score · Pawcatuck, CT
53/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$75,820
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Pawcatuck profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.4%
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
Household income: 55/100 (C) · $75,820
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
How does Pawcatuck compare to other US cities?
Where Pawcatuck sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income57% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pawcatuck against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Connecticut only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Connecticut-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Pawcatuck near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pawcatuck ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pawcatuck only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#152 of 198
23rd percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#114 of 201
43rd percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#66 of 204
67th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#138 of 207
33rd percentile in Connecticut
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Connecticut only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
57th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pawcatuck's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$330,70031st percentilemore affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Pawcatuck's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,679 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,982 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.4×, Pawcatuck sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,679 of 15,516 and #8,982 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$75,820Pawcatuck, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pawcatuck, CT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Pawcatuck, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,475
Median Income
$75,820
Median Home Value
$330,700
Median Age
42.8
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
62.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.4%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.5%
Carpool
7.9%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
7.6%
Other
0.8%
Based on 2,702 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Connecticut statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $345
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Connecticut at $345 (electricity about $175 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Connecticut statewide averages, not a meter reading for Pawcatuck. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Connecticut's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.6 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Pawcatuck is $1,955/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Connecticut statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Connecticut statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Pawcatuck sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pawcatuck compares to similar-size Connecticut cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.