Charlestown vs Narragansett Pier

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

Charlestown 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 1,648 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $79,683 in Narragansett Pier). Narragansett Pier has the higher median home value ($771,800 vs $545,800 in Charlestown).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
Population	1,648	3,080
Median age	63.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$113,281	$79,683
Median home value	$545,800	$771,800
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,721
Housing units	1,758	2,383
Homeownership rate	81.9%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
Population	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)	3,594 → 3,080 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)	$58,875 → $79,683 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)	$542,200 → $771,800 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)	$1,328 → $1,721 (+29.6%)

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

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)

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
Under 5	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	2.5%	5.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	13.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.2%	4.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	23.2%
65 to 74	24.2%	15.4%
75 and over	21.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	3.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
Drove alone	81.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.0%
Public transit	1.6%	3.6%
Walked	4.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
1-unit, detached	97.4%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Narragansett Pier
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.06	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1973	1973