South County Times

Watch Hill ranked 23rd among cities in Rhode Island by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Watch Hill residents was $31,875 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 69 households with a population of 141.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Misquamicut with $47,292 per year after adjusting for inflation – $15,417 more than Watch Hill. It had 233 households with a population of 398.

The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Kingston with $4,650 per year after adjusting for inflation – $27,225 less than Watch Hill. It had 605 households with a population of 6,513.

Rhode Island cities by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	City	Earnings per resident
1	Misquamicut	$47,292
2	Cumberland Hill	$44,783
3	Melville	$43,277
4	Harmony	$42,658
5	Weekapaug	$41,429
6	Greenville	$41,096
7	Carolina	$39,817
8	Pascoag	$39,588
9	Warwick	$38,886
10	Tiverton	$37,819
11	Clayville	$37,308
12	Valley Falls	$35,208
13	Newport East	$34,499
14	Ashaway	$34,028
15	Cranston	$33,731
16	Chepachet	$33,565
17	East Providence	$33,563
18	Charlestown	$32,708
19	Greene	$32,375
20	Westerly	$32,253
21	Wyoming	$32,056
22	Newport	$31,883
23	Watch Hill	$31,875
24	Hope Valley	$31,860
25	Narragansett Pier	$31,766
26	Harrisville	$30,172
27	Pawtucket	$28,049
28	Bradford	$27,196
29	Hopkinton	$27,083
30	Quonochontaug	$26,596
31	Woonsocket	$25,480
32	Providence	$22,200
33	Central Falls	$17,544
34	Kingston	$4,650

* All values are inflation-adjusted