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Charlestown, RI

1,499 Population
2.3 square miles 662.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$90,527 ±$22,017 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $46,322 ±$491
  • nearly double the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,563 ±$30,282 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $87,040 ±$849
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±2.9% (63  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.2% 182,805 (±0.3% / ±5,300)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±13.4 (12,495  ±4,147) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 26.6 19,431,550 (±0.2 / ±214,901)
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

765 ±156 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 675,395 ±2,088
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,499  ±316) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,624,951 (±0 / ±101)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±9.9% (12  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.7% 18,299 (±0.3% / ±1,130)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,655 ±235 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 730,957 ±275
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$583,200 ±$57,490 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $422,500 ±$2,621
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±4.2% (102  ±66.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.4% 173,838 (±0.3% / ±5,100.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±27.6% (1,364  ±246) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 88.7% 1,060,709 (±0.7% / ±8,575.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
57.6% ±8.7% (785  ±202.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 35.4% 422,875 (±0.4% / ±5,223.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±2.3% (37  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 14.7% 247,840
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.1% ±4.4% (142  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 5.1% 69,438 (±0.2% / ±2,164)
  • about double the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±69 130 Male ±68 12 Female ±18

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