Narragansett Pier vs Wakefield-Peace Dale

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

Narragansett Pier 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 3,080 in Narragansett Pier). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median household income ($111,200 vs $79,683 in Narragansett Pier). Narragansett Pier has the higher median home value ($771,800 vs $464,400 in Wakefield-Peace Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	3,080	9,812
Median age	56.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,683	$111,200
Median home value	$771,800	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,721	$1,196
Housing units	2,383	4,480
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	3,594 → 3,080 (-14.3%)	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$58,875 → $79,683 (+35.3%)	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$542,200 → $771,800 (+42.3%)	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,328 → $1,721 (+29.6%)	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Under 5	2.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	5.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	13.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	23.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.0%
75 and over	12.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.5%
Asian	0.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	19.2%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Drove alone	68.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.6%
Public transit	3.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
1-unit, detached	59.1%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	8.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Narragansett Pier	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1970