Hope Valley vs Wakefield-Peace Dale

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

Hope Valley 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 2,147 in Hope Valley). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median household income ($111,200 vs $98,481 in Hope Valley). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $424,100 in Hope Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	2,147	9,812
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,481	$111,200
Median home value	$424,100	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,196
Housing units	779	4,480
Homeownership rate	81.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	1,823 → 2,147 (+17.8%)	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$79,931 → $98,481 (+23.2%)	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$254,600 → $424,100 (+66.6%)	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,393 (+1.3%)	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Under 5	2.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	22.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	22.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.0%
75 and over	4.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
No high school diploma	17.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Drove alone	93.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.8%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
1-unit, detached	74.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hope Valley	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1981	1970