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Charlestown town, Washington County, RI

8,017 Population
36.5 square miles 219.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 45.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$62,484 ±$7,245 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $53,226 ±$1,473
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$103,147 ±$13,378 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Washington County: $102,478 ±$3,373
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

6.2% ±2.9% (498  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 8% † 9,901 (±0.9% / ±1,114)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

30.8 minutes ±4.3 (106,830  ±20,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 26.6 1,520,170 (±0.8 / ±60,655)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

3,481 ±249 Number of households
  • Washington County: 52,048 ±740
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.3 ±0.2 (7,930  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 2.4 123,071 (±0 / ±114)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

3.7% ±3.3% (51  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 3.1% † 893 (±1% / ±297)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

5,334 ±295 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 66,068 ±72
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$467,700 ±$24,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Washington County: $469,800 ±$8,557
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

6.3% ±2.4% (499  ±190.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 8.6% 11,162 (±0.8% / ±1,054.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

93.7% ±7.8% (5,900  ±563.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 95.3% 87,070 (±2.6% / ±2,340.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
41.8% ±5.3% (2,628  ±356.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 50.5% 46,143 (±1.7% / ±1,567.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.4% (223  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 4.7% 6,164
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

7.8% ±1.8% (539  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 6.1% 6,674 (±0.6% / ±653)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
539 Total veterans ±126 506 Male ±114 33 Female ±31

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