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Cost of living in Charlestown, Rhode Island

Charlestown, Rhode Island has about 1,499 people. Typical rent is $1,159 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $108,563 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,159 a month.

Charlestown is a Census community, not a separate city government in Rhode Island. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $108,563 a year.

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People
1,499
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,159
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$108,563
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$583,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,879
Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area

Charlestown, Rhode Island has about 1,499 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $583,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area) is $1,879 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area, prices sit at 101.8 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Rhode Island taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Charlestown's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Rhode Island home paid 28.29¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Charlestown's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Rhode Island in the table we use.

Among 22 places we list in Rhode Island with a rent figure, 19 have higher typical rent than Charlestown.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.