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Cost of living in Ashaway, Rhode Island

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,604 a month.

Ashaway is a Census community, not a separate city government in Rhode Island. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $103,707 a year.

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People
1,722
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,604
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$103,707
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$343,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
Not matched
HUD county or town rent

Ashaway, Rhode Island has about 1,722 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $343,600.

We could not match one HUD fair-market rent to Washington County. Some counties have more than one HUD rent, and we do not average them.

In the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area, prices sit at 101.8 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Rhode Island taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Ashaway's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Rhode Island home paid 28.29¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Ashaway's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Rhode Island in the table we use.

Among 22 places we list in Rhode Island with a rent figure, 4 have higher typical rent than Ashaway.

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EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Rhode Island

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.