Utility rates in Woonsocket vs. US average
Electricity
31.2¢/kWh
↑ 89% above US average (16.5¢)
↑ 9% above RI state average (28.6¢)
Natural gas
$21.66/Mcf
↑ 49% above US average
Local electricity rate from NREL Utility Rate Database (2023),
averaged across Woonsocket-area providers.
State and US electric averages from EIA Form 861 (2024).
Natural gas prices from EIA Form 176 (2024, $/Mcf).
US avg electricity: 16.5¢/kWh · US avg gas: $14.50/Mcf.
Typical monthly utility bills in Woonsocket
Electricity$100-$149 (27.2¢–36.7¢/kWh)
Natural gas$150-$199
Water & sewer~$43/month
Figures from U.S. Census ACS 5-year estimates, reflecting households that pay utilities separately from rent. In dense urban areas where heat or hot water is often included in rent, these numbers represent the subset of residents who pay directly.
How Woonsocket heats its homes
41% natural gas · 12% electricity · 46% other fuels
Electric rates in Woonsocket
Residential rates range from 27.2¢ to 36.7¢ per kWh.
Providers include City of Norwood - (MA), Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co, Massachusetts Electric Co, NSTAR Electric Company, Pascoag Utility District, The Narragansett Electric Co, Town of Braintree - (MA), Town of Shrewsbury - (MA), Town of Wellesley - (MA).
This is 89% above the national average of 16.5¢/kWh.
Note: Rhode Island has a competitive electricity market — you may be able to choose your supplier.
Internet providers in Woonsocket
Woonsocket has strong broadband coverage.
Lightpath
10,000 Mbps
Fiber
Cox Communications
2,000 Mbps
Cable
Xfinity
2,000 Mbps
Cable / Fiber
Spectrum
1,000 Mbps
Cable
Verizon
940 Mbps
Fiber / Fixed Wireless
Availability varies by address. Based on FCC Broadband Data Collection filings.
Electric 9 providers
City of Norwood - (MA)
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co
Massachusetts Electric Co
NSTAR Electric Company
Pascoag Utility District
The Narragansett Electric Co
Town of Braintree - (MA)
Town of Shrewsbury - (MA)
Town of Wellesley - (MA)
Natural Gas 2 providers
Columbia Gas Of Massachusetts
Narragansett Electric Co (Gas Division Of Ri)
Water 175 providers
ABBEY LANE COMMUNITY ASSN., INC.
APPLEWOOD HOME FOR ELDERS
AQUARION WATER CO. (SPRINGDALE FARMS)
AQUARION WATER COMPANY (DOVER)
AQUARION WATER COMPANY OXFORD
AQUARION WATER COMPANY, MILLBURY
ASH/WIN JOINT WATER AUTHORITY
ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT
ATHOL DPW WATER DIVISION
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT
AYER ROAD PROPERTIES LLC
BARRE MHP/WATERWHEEL VILLAGE
BARRE WATER DEPARTMENT
BELLINGHAM DPW WATER SEWER DIVISION
BISHOPS LANDING CONDOMINIUMS
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT
BOLTON COUNTRY MANOR
BOYLSTON WATER DISTRICT
BRAINTREE WATER AND SEWER DEPT.
BRIARWOOD TOWNHOMES
BROOKFIELD MEADOWS MHP
BROOKFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT
BROOKLINE WATER AND SEWER DIVISION
BUFFUMVILLE HEIGHTS ESTATES CONDOMINIUM
CADY BROOK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS
CANTON WATER DEPT
CENTURY MILL ESTATES
CHARLTON MANOR REST HOME
CHERRY VALLEY/ ROCHDALE WATER DISTRICT
CHIMERA INC
CLEAR RIVER ELECTRIC AND WATER DISTRICT
CLINTON WATER DEPT
COBBLERS CREEK CONDOMINIUMS
COHASSET WATER DEPT
COOL SANDY BEACH COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
COUNTRYSIDE CONDOMINIUM
CRAFTSMAN VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS
CUMBERLAND, TOWN OF
DEDHAM WESTWOOD WATER DIST.
DOUGLAS WATER DEPARTMENT
DOWLING VILLAGE
DUDLEY WATER DEPARTMENT
EAGLE HILL SCHOOL
EAST BROOKFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT
EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF
ECHO LAKE WATER DISTRICT
ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL ZAMBARANO UNIT
ELM HILL WATER DISTRICT
FITCHBURG DPW DIVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
FOSTER SENIOR HOUSING INC.
FOXBORO WATER DEPARTMENT
FOXGLOVE APARTMENTS
FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT
GARDNER WATER DEPARTMENT
GILBERTVILLE WATER DISTRICT
GLEN RIDGE RESIDENTS TRUST
GLENDALE WATER ASSN
GRAFTON WATER DISTRICT
GREENVILLE WATER DISTRICT
HARDWICK CENTER WATER DISTRICT
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL, INC.
HARVARD GREEN CONDOMINIUMS
HARVARD WATER DEPARTMENT
HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
HIGHLAND RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS
HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT
HOLBROOK PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
HOLDEN WATER DIVISION, DPW
HOLMES PARK WATER DISTRICT
HOPEDALE WATER DEPARTMENT
HUBBARDSTON HOUSE APARTMENTS
JEMP 1 LLC
LAKE FOREST HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
LANCASTER WATER DEPARTMENT
LANCASTER WOODS CONDOMINIUMS
LAUREL CREST GLOCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY
LAUREL HILL CONDOMINIUMS
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT
LEINO PARK WATER DISTRICT
LEOMINSTER WATER DIVISION
LINCOLN WATER COMMISSION
LUNENBURG WATER DISTRICT
MADDEN ESTATES
MANCHAUG WATER DISTRICT OF SUTTON
MAPLEBROOK APARTMENTS
MAPLEHILL MOBILE HOME PARK
MCI NORFOLK/CEDAR JUNCTION/WALPOLE
MEADOWBROOK VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS
MEADOWBROOK WATER TRUST
MEDFIELD WATER DEPT.
MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT
MENDON HOUSING AUTHORITY
MENDON WATER DEPARTMENT
MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT
MILLBURY IND. PARK/ PARK HILL VILLAGE
MILLIS WATER DEPT
MILTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)
MOUNT ST MARYS ABBEY
NANATOMQUA MOBILE HOME PARK
NASONVILLE WATER DISTRICT
NEEDHAM WATER DEPT
NORFOLK WATER DIVISION
NORTH BROOKFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT
NORTHBOROUGH WATER DEPARTMENT (MWRA)
NORTHBRIDGE WATER DIVISION
NORTHBROOK VILLAGE I / BERLIN RET.
NORTHBROOK VILLAGE II
NORWOOD WATER DEPT. (MWRA)
OLD FARM ROAD WATER TRUST
PAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD VEOLIA-NA
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT
PINE HILL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS
PINEWOOD ON THE GREEN CONDOS
PLAINVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT
PROVIDENCE-CITY OF
PROVIDENCE-CITY OF - WHIPPLE
QUINCY WATER DEPT. (MWRA)
RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT
RANDOLPH/HOLBROOK JOINT WATER BOARD
REGENCY AT BOLTON CONDOMINIUMS
RIVERBRIDGE
ROCKWOOD MEADOWS
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT
SAINT JOSEPHS ABBEY
SAWYER HILL ECOVILLAGE
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL
SHARON WATER DEPT
SHREWSBURY WATER DEPARTMENT
SILVERLEAF HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS
SLATERSVILLE PUBLIC SUPPLY
SMITHFIELD WATER SUPPLY BOARD
SOUTH GRAFTON WATER DISTRICT
SOUTH ROYALSTON IMPROVEMENT CORP
SOUTHBOROUGH DPW WATER DIVISION (MWRA)
SOUTHBRIDGE WATER DEPARTMENT
SOUTHFIELD REDEVELOPEMENT AUTHORITY
SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTRY ESTATES
STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT
STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT
STURBRIDGE CROSSING CONDOMINIUM
STURBRIDGE RETIREMENT COOP. CORP.
STURBRIDGE WATER DEPARTMENT
SUNSET COVE PROPERTIES LLC
SUNSET RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS
TEMPLETON MUNIC. LIGHT AND WATER PLANT
TORIA HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM
TOWN OF AVON
TRAIL RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS
TRI TOWN WATER BOARD
UPTON DPW WATER/WASTEWATER DIVISION
UXBRIDGE DPW, WATER DIVISION
VILLAGE ON CHOPMIST HILL, THE
WAGON WHEEL COMMUNITY, INC.
WALPOLE WATER DEPT
WARREN WATER DISTRICT
WEBSTER WATER DEPARTMENT
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
WELLESLEY WATER DIVISION
WEST BOYLSTON WATER DISTRICT
WEST BROOKFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT
WEST WARREN WATER DISTRICT
WESTBOROUGH WATER DEPARTMENT
WESTMINSTER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
WEYMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT
WHEELWRIGHT WATER DISTRICT
WHITINSVILLE WATER COMPANY
WHITNEY ESTATES CONDOMINIUMS
WILKINSONVILLE WATER DISTRICT
WINCHENDON WATER DEPARTMENT
WOODLAND WALK APARTMENTS
WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION
WRENTHAM DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
WRENTHAM WATER DIVISION
Sewer 3 providers
WOONSOCKET REGIONAL WWTF
WOONSOCKET WWTF
WRENTHAM DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
Internet 7 providers
Cox Communications
Lightpath
Spectrum
T-Mobile
Verizon
Xfinity
ZIP codes in Woonsocket, RI
Disclaimer: Provider information is sourced from federal databases including HIFLD, EPA SDWIS, FCC Broadband Data, and EIA-861. Utility cost estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Local electric rates are based on 2023 NREL Utility Rate Database data; state and US averages are from EIA Form 861 (2024). Coverage areas are approximate and may not reflect recent changes. Please verify directly with your provider.
Data sources: U.S. Census Bureau, NREL, EIA-861, HIFLD, EPA, FCC. Last updated: May 2026.