Carolina vs Quonochontaug

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

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

Carolina has the higher population (1,238 vs 577 in Quonochontaug). Carolina has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $106,058 in Quonochontaug). Quonochontaug has the higher median home value ($880,000 vs $366,000 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
Population	1,238	577
Median age	41.1 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$123,063	$106,058
Median home value	$366,000	$880,000
Housing units	373	766
Homeownership rate	78.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
Population	803 → 1,238 (+54.2%)	535 → 577 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$87,905 → $123,063 (+40.0%)	$96,136 → $106,058 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$265,800 → $366,000 (+37.7%)	$869,700 → $880,000 (+1.2%)

Carolina

Population

8031,238

Median household income

$87,905$123,063

Median home value

$265,800$366,000

Quonochontaug

Population

535577

Median household income

$96,136$106,058

Median home value

$869,700$880,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
Under 5	1.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	33.0%	3.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	18.3%	1.9%
45 to 54	18.6%	5.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	29.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.0%
75 and over	2.2%	29.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	97.2%
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	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
Drove alone	89.2%	52.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	10.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	39.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Quonochontaug
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.1%
Average household size	3.32	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	48	27
Median year structure built	1971	1965