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Cost of living in Wakefield-Peace Dale, Rhode Island

Wakefield-Peace Dale, Rhode Island has about 9,302 people. Typical rent is $1,258 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $106,551 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #2 in Rhode Island on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $1,258 a month.

Wakefield-Peace Dale is a Census community, not a separate city government in Rhode Island. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $106,551 a year.

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People
9,302
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,258
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$106,551
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$494,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
Not matched
HUD county or town rent
Gas
$4.433
New England (PADD 1A), week of October 12, 2026

Wakefield-Peace Dale, Rhode Island has about 9,302 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $494,400.

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 Wakefield-Peace Dale'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 Wakefield-Peace Dale's bill.

EIA does not publish a Rhode Island gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the New England (PADD 1A) all-grades price was $4.433 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,127.84 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Rhode Island shares this price.

Among 22 places we list in Rhode Island with a rent figure, 15 have higher typical rent than Wakefield-Peace Dale.

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

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