Ashaway vs Charlestown

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

Ashaway and Charlestown 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 1,648 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $101,165 in Ashaway). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Charlestown
Population	1,682	1,648
Median age	38.6 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$113,281
Median home value	$305,600	$545,800
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,216
Housing units	654	1,758
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Charlestown
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)

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

Charlestown

Population

1,3121,648

Median household income

$74,706$113,281

Median home value

$398,500$545,800

Median gross rent

$1,759$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Charlestown
Under 5	5.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	2.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	19.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	24.2%
75 and over	2.0%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Charlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Charlestown
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Charlestown
Drove alone	95.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Charlestown
1-unit, detached	91.3%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Charlestown
Poverty rate	0.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1948	1973