Charlestown vs Kingston

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (6,953 vs 1,648 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $82,143 in Kingston). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $493,500 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Kingston
Population	1,648	6,953
Median age	63.1 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,281	$82,143
Median home value	$545,800	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,216	—
Housing units	1,758	719
Homeownership rate	81.9%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Kingston
Population	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)	6,513 → 6,953 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)	$96,775 → $82,143 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)	$355,900 → $493,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)	$1,179 → $1,568 (+33.0%)

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

Kingston

Population

6,5136,953

Median household income

$96,775$82,143

Median home value

$355,900$493,500

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Kingston
Under 5	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	2.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	76.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	1.5%
35 to 44	5.2%	3.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	1.8%
65 to 74	24.2%	1.4%
75 and over	21.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	81.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Kingston
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	47.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Kingston
Drove alone	81.6%	45.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.3%
Public transit	1.6%	1.5%
Walked	4.5%	35.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Kingston
1-unit, detached	97.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Kingston
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1973	1976