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Narragansett town, Washington County, RI

14,494 Population
13.9 square miles 1,045.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$55,051 ±$5,395 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Washington County: $56,069 ±$1,428
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
$95,721 ±$7,256 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington County: $106,638 ±$2,789
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209

19% ±5.3% (2,753  ±772) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Washington County: 8.2% † 10,152 (±0.9% / ±1,125)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)

28.2 minutes ±6 (149,975  ±22,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 26 1,444,200 (±0.7 / ±57,095)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)

Families

6,263 ±339 Number of households
  • Washington County: 52,549 ±710
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
2.3 ±0.1 (14,363  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 2.3 122,999 (±0 / ±51)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168

0.2% ±0.4% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Washington County: 2.9% † 836 (±1% / ±290)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)

Housing

9,757 ±436 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 66,385 ±65
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179

$743,500 ±$60,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington County: $510,800 ±$16,509
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032

12.9% ±3.6% (1,866  ±523.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 8.2% † 10,649 (±0.9% / ±1,106.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)

Social

97.5% ±3.7% (9,297  ±744) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 95.7% 88,027 (±2.5% / ±2,283.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
63.9% ±4.3% (6,092  ±596.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 52.4% 48,185 (±1.7% / ±1,533.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)

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

2.2% ±1% (321  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 5% 6,560
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502

3.1% ±1% (401  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 6.1% † 6,653 (±0.6% / ±668)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
401 Total veterans ±133 375 Male ±118 26 Female ±36

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