Pawcatuck is a village and
census-designated place (CDP) in the town of
Stonington which is located in
New London County, Connecticut. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census.
It is located across the
Pawcatuck River from
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Westerly, Rhode Island. The
Mechanic Street Historic District
The Mechanic Street Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century mill and mill village in a 14-block area of the Pawcatuck section of Stonington, Connecticut. Extending along the Pawcatuck River and south of West Broad Street (United S ...
of Pawcatuck is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places and includes sites of shipbuilding, mills, and worker housing in a area.
Demographics
The village of Pawcatuck has a total area of
bordered to the east by the Pawcatuck River. As of the
census of 2000, there were 5,474 people, 2,427 households, and 1,439 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 2,598 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 93.53%
White, 0.75%
African American, 0.69%
Native American, 2.12%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 0.69% from
other races, and 2.16% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. The median income for a household in Pawcatuck was $39,799, and the median income for a family was $53,087, and 9.3% of the population was below the
poverty line.
See also
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References
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Census-designated places in New London County, Connecticut
Stonington, Connecticut
Tourist attractions in New London County, Connecticut
Villages in Connecticut