Hope Valley vs Westerly

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

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

Westerly has the higher population (18,528 vs 2,147 in Hope Valley). Hope Valley has the higher median household income ($98,481 vs $82,333 in Westerly). Hope Valley has the higher median home value ($424,100 vs $400,200 in Westerly).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Valley	Westerly
Population	2,147	18,528
Median age	41.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,481	$82,333
Median home value	$424,100	$400,200
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,243
Housing units	779	9,299
Homeownership rate	81.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Valley	Westerly
Population	1,823 → 2,147 (+17.8%)	17,553 → 18,528 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$79,931 → $98,481 (+23.2%)	$66,909 → $82,333 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$254,600 → $424,100 (+66.6%)	$294,600 → $400,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,393 (+1.3%)	$999 → $1,243 (+24.4%)

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

Westerly

Population

17,55318,528

Median household income

$66,909$82,333

Median home value

$294,600$400,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope Valley	Westerly
Under 5	2.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	22.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	22.4%	19.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.8%
75 and over	4.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Valley	Westerly
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Valley	Westerly
No high school diploma	17.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	22.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Valley	Westerly
Drove alone	93.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Valley	Westerly
1-unit, detached	74.5%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hope Valley	Westerly
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1981	1972