THE PAWTUCKET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Narragansett/Bristol Lowland setting.
Pawtucket city has 8.67 square miles of land in Providence County. Its Census reference point is in Narragansett/Bristol Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pawtucket and Providence County
Pawtucket is associated with Providence County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Pawtucket by land and water
The Census records 0.3 square miles of water within Pawtucket, or 3.3% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 6% recorded for Providence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pawtucket city has 7.3 times the land area of nearby Central Falls city (1.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

