Charlestown vs Hope Valley

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

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

Hope Valley has the higher population (2,147 vs 1,648 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $98,481 in Hope Valley). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $424,100 in Hope Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
Population	1,648	2,147
Median age	63.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,281	$98,481
Median home value	$545,800	$424,100
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,393
Housing units	1,758	779
Homeownership rate	81.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
Population	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)	1,823 → 2,147 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)	$79,931 → $98,481 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)	$254,600 → $424,100 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)	$1,375 → $1,393 (+1.3%)

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

Hope Valley

Population

1,8232,147

Median household income

$79,931$98,481

Median home value

$254,600$424,100

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
Under 5	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	2.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	22.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	22.4%
65 to 74	24.2%	13.7%
75 and over	21.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
No high school diploma	2.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
Drove alone	81.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
1-unit, detached	97.4%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Hope Valley
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1973	1981