Census-designated place Ashaway is a census-designated place in Rhode Island, in Washington County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Ashaway had a real-estate tax bill of $3,722 (± $330) a year, compared with $4,854 in Rhode Island and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $305,600 (± $48,160), compared with $368,800 in Rhode Island and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Ashaway | Rhode Island | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,682 ± 578 | 1,095,371 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,722 ± $330 | $4,854 ± $37 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $305,600 ± $48,160 | $368,800 ± $2,560 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $101,165 ± $38,106rough guide only: the margin of error is 38% of the estimate | $86,372 ± $1,274 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.22% ± 0.22 points | 1.32% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 69.3% ± 9.2 points | 63.3% ± 0.6 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | Too imprecise to report (estimate 21.4%, margin of error ± 12.7 points) | 32.5% ± 0.5 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | Too imprecise to report (estimate 25.9%, margin of error ± 26.8 points) | 25.7% ± 0.8 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Rhode Island
How it works. Municipal tax sale/tax deed followed by Superior Court foreclosure of right of redemption; city/town-held titles and private purchasers have related paths
Excess sale money. §44-9-37 expressly protects surplus from a municipal 'sale without foreclosure': balance over taxes/interest/charges/expenses is held for person entitled for 5 years, then goes to municipality. A general post-foreclosure former-owner equity-payment mechanism comparable to newer Tyler reforms was not verified in current Chapter 44-9 and remains an open legal-research field
These rules are set by Rhode Island, not by Ashaway, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Rhode Island entry with statute links.