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Charlestown town, Washington County, RI

8,051 Population
36.5 square miles 220.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$66,075 ±$6,239 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $56,069 ±$1,428
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,404 ±$9,817 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington County: $106,638 ±$2,789
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±1.5% (336  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 8.2% † 10,152 (±0.9% / ±1,125)
  • 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)

27.8 minutes ±4.7 (93,630  ±18,943) 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)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,493 ±221 Number of households
  • Washington County: 52,549 ±710
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (7,952  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±3.1% (49  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 2.9% † 836 (±1% / ±290)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,458 ±313 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 66,385 ±65
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$525,500 ±$57,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington County: $510,800 ±$16,509
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±2.2% (482  ±171.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 8.2% † 10,649 (±0.9% / ±1,106.4)
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±8.1% (6,089  ±569.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 95.7% 88,027 (±2.5% / ±2,283.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.4% ±5% (2,579  ±335.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 52.4% 48,185 (±1.7% / ±1,533.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.1% ±1.7% (246  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 5% 6,560
  • about one-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

7.7% ±1.9% (536  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 6.1% † 6,653 (±0.6% / ±668)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
536 Total veterans ±135 498 Male ±118 38 Female ±41

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