Carolina vs Charlestown

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

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

Charlestown has the higher population (1,648 vs 1,238 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $113,281 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $366,000 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Charlestown
Population	1,238	1,648
Median age	41.1 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$123,063	$113,281
Median home value	$366,000	$545,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,216
Housing units	373	1,758
Homeownership rate	78.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Charlestown
Population	803 → 1,238 (+54.2%)	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$87,905 → $123,063 (+40.0%)	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$265,800 → $366,000 (+37.7%)	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)

Carolina

Population

8031,238

Median household income

$87,905$123,063

Median home value

$265,800$366,000

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)

	Carolina	Charlestown
Under 5	1.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	33.0%	2.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	5.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	24.2%
75 and over	2.2%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Charlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	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	6.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Charlestown
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Charlestown
Drove alone	89.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	10.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Charlestown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Carolina	Charlestown
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.7%
Average household size	3.32	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	48	28
Median year structure built	1971	1973