Ashaway vs Carolina

A side-by-side comparison of Ashaway and Carolina: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashaway and Carolina are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashaway has the higher population (1,682 vs 1,238 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $101,165 in Ashaway). Carolina has the higher median home value ($366,000 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Carolina
Population	1,682	1,238
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$123,063
Median home value	$305,600	$366,000
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	654	373
Homeownership rate	69.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Carolina
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	803 → 1,238 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$87,905 → $123,063 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$265,800 → $366,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	—

Ashaway

Population

1,1951,682

Median household income

$104,337$101,165

Median home value

$232,000$305,600

Median gross rent

$970$1,318

Carolina

Population

8031,238

Median household income

$87,905$123,063

Median home value

$265,800$366,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Carolina
Under 5	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	33.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	19.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.7%
75 and over	2.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Carolina
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Carolina
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Carolina
Drove alone	95.7%	89.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.8%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Carolina
1-unit, detached	91.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Carolina
Poverty rate	0.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.69	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	48
Median year structure built	1948	1971