Carolina vs Narragansett Pier

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

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

Narragansett Pier has the higher population (3,080 vs 1,238 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $79,683 in Narragansett Pier). Narragansett Pier has the higher median home value ($771,800 vs $366,000 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
Population	1,238	3,080
Median age	41.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$123,063	$79,683
Median home value	$366,000	$771,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,721
Housing units	373	2,383
Homeownership rate	78.8%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
Population	803 → 1,238 (+54.2%)	3,594 → 3,080 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$87,905 → $123,063 (+40.0%)	$58,875 → $79,683 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$265,800 → $366,000 (+37.7%)	$542,200 → $771,800 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,328 → $1,721 (+29.6%)

Carolina

Population

8031,238

Median household income

$87,905$123,063

Median home value

$265,800$366,000

Narragansett Pier

Population

3,5943,080

Median household income

$58,875$79,683

Median home value

$542,200$771,800

Median gross rent

$1,328$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
Under 5	1.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	33.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	4.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.3%	4.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	23.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	15.4%
75 and over	2.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	29.6%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
Drove alone	89.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	10.8%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
1-unit, detached	100.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Narragansett Pier
Poverty rate	4.2%	14.4%
Average household size	3.32	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	48	23
Median year structure built	1971	1973