Hope Valley vs Narragansett Pier

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

Hope Valley 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 2,147 in Hope Valley). Hope Valley has the higher median household income ($98,481 vs $79,683 in Narragansett Pier). Narragansett Pier has the higher median home value ($771,800 vs $424,100 in Hope Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
Population	2,147	3,080
Median age	41.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,481	$79,683
Median home value	$424,100	$771,800
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,721
Housing units	779	2,383
Homeownership rate	81.3%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
Population	1,823 → 2,147 (+17.8%)	3,594 → 3,080 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$79,931 → $98,481 (+23.2%)	$58,875 → $79,683 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$254,600 → $424,100 (+66.6%)	$542,200 → $771,800 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,393 (+1.3%)	$1,328 → $1,721 (+29.6%)

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

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)

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
Under 5	2.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	5.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	22.5%	4.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	22.4%	23.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.4%
75 and over	4.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
No high school diploma	17.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.7%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
Drove alone	93.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
1-unit, detached	74.5%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Hope Valley	Narragansett Pier
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.75	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1981	1973