Charlestown vs Wakefield-Peace Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Charlestown and Wakefield-Peace Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher population (9,812 vs 1,648 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $111,200 in Wakefield-Peace Dale). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $464,400 in Wakefield-Peace Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	1,648	9,812
Median age	63.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,281	$111,200
Median home value	$545,800	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,196
Housing units	1,758	4,480
Homeownership rate	81.9%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale

Population

9,7729,812

Median household income

$87,684$111,200

Median home value

$343,500$464,400

Median gross rent

$903$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Under 5	1.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	2.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	24.2%	13.0%
75 and over	21.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	85.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Drove alone	81.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	4.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
1-unit, detached	97.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1973	1970