Narragansett, RI (Rhode Island) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 16,436 (All urban)

Houses: 9,159 (6,846 occupied: 4,238 owner occupied, 2,608 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	38%
State:	40%

Housing density: 647 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $887 (lower quartile is $638, upper quartile is $1,224)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $900

Median gross rent in Narragansett, RI in 2007: $1,015

Housing units in Narragansett with a mortgage: 2,831 (228 second mortgage, 445 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 994

Narragansett,RI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $368,717 (it was $164,900 in 2000)

Narragansett:	$368,717
Rhode Island:	$292,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $271,835 - $519,203

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $482,974
Here: $482,974
State: $363,749

Townhouses or other attached units: $379,276
Here: $379,276
State: $317,911

In 2-unit structures: $430,795
Here: $430,795
State: $291,227

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $239,493
Here: $239,493
State: $312,996

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $203,923
Here: $203,923
State: $224,892

Mobile homes: $65,000
Here: $65,000
State: $45,819

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,295

In family households: 11,389 (2,882 male householders, 1,047 female householders)
3,172 spouses, 3,545 children (3,374 natural, 43 adopted, 128 stepchildren), 162 grandchildren, 122 brothers or sisters, 159 parents, 139 other relatives, 161 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,906 (1,364 male householders (830 living alone)), 1,555 female householders (1,026 living alone)), 1,987 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 66 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,899 2-persons, 884 3-persons, 752 4-persons, 275 5-persons, 96 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,856 1-person, 563 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

2,002 married couples with children.
639 single-parent households (121 men, 518 women).

94.4% of residents of Narragansett speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 402 (2.5%)
(67.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Narragansett, Rhode Island:
	1 room: 11 2 rooms: 21 3 rooms: 128 4 rooms: 411 5 rooms: 857 6 rooms: 958 7 rooms: 787 8 rooms: 484 9 or more rooms: 581

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Narragansett, Rhode Island:
	1 room: 36 2 rooms: 181 3 rooms: 455 4 rooms: 621 5 rooms: 563 6 rooms: 382 7 rooms: 241 8 rooms: 62 9 or more rooms: 67

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 217
1995 to 1998: 410
1990 to 1994: 555
1980 to 1989: 1,650
1970 to 1979: 1,941
1960 to 1969: 1,464
1950 to 1959: 1,314
1940 to 1949: 712
1939 or earlier: 896

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Narragansett:
	no bedroom: 11 1 bedroom: 117 2 bedrooms: 1,027 3 bedrooms: 1,852 4 bedrooms: 914 5 or more bedrooms: 317

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Narragansett:
	no bedroom: 54 1 bedroom: 540 2 bedrooms: 977 3 bedrooms: 563 4 bedrooms: 373 5 or more bedrooms: 101

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Narragansett in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 98 1 vehicle: 1,104 2 vehicles: 2,107 3 vehicles: 687 4 vehicles: 181 5 or more vehicles: 61

Cars and other vehicles available in Narragansett in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 99 1 vehicle: 1,007 2 vehicles: 961 3 vehicles: 282 4 vehicles: 136 5 or more vehicles: 123

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Narragansett, RI:

Less than $10,000: 5
$10,000 to $14,999: 2
$15,000 to $19,999: 2
$20,000 to $24,999: 1
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 4
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 5
$100,000 to $124,999: 6
$125,000 to $149,999: 19
$150,000 to $174,999: 8
$175,000 to $199,999: 31
$200,000 to $249,999: 390
$250,000 to $299,999: 688
$300,000 to $399,999: 1263
$400,000 to $499,999: 548
$500,000 to $749,999: 752
$750,000 to $999,999: 270
$1,000,000 or more: 256

Narragansett rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Narragansett:

Less than $100: 13 people
$100 to $149: 18
$150 to $199: 43
$200 to $249: 37
$250 to $299: 53
$300 to $349: 59
$350 to $399: 55
$400 to $449: 72
$450 to $499: 56
$500 to $549: 52
$550 to $599: 66
$600 to $649: 70
$650 to $699: 124
$700 to $749: 156
$750 to $799: 152
$800 to $899: 255
$900 to $999: 261
$1,000 to $1,249: 445
$1,250 to $1,499: 249
$1,500 to $1,999: 212
$2,000 or more: 44
No cash rent: 118

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 66 1990 to 1994: 17 1985 to 1989: 46 1980 to 1984: 68 1975 to 1979: 49 1970 to 1974: 39 1970 to 1974: 7 1965 to 1969: 110

Percentage of workers working in this county: 60.4%
Number of people working at home: 285 (3.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 286
5 to 9 minutes: 839
10 to 14 minutes: 1281
15 to 19 minutes: 1391
20 to 24 minutes: 968
25 to 29 minutes: 361
30 to 34 minutes: 1030
35 to 39 minutes: 356
40 to 44 minutes: 542
45 to 59 minutes: 895
60 to 89 minutes: 411
90 or more minutes: 167

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,408 (84%)
Carpooled: 773 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 122 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 11 (0%)
Walked: 118 (1%)
Other means: 87 (1%)
Worked at home: 285 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 512
$10,000 to $14,999: 353
$15,000 to $19,999: 503
$20,000 to $24,999: 441
$25,000 to $29,999: 369
$30,000 to $34,999: 438
$35,000 to $39,999: 282
$40,000 to $44,999: 238
$45,000 to $49,999: 263
$50,000 to $59,999: 576
$60,000 to $74,999: 886
$75,000 to $99,999: 845
$100,000 to $124,999: 527
$125,000 to $149,999: 177
$150,000 to $199,999: 205
$200,000 or more: 233

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 3884

Italian: 2759

English: 1829

Other groups: 789

German: 774

French Canadian: 642

French (except Basque): 624

United States or American: 499

Polish: 417

Portuguese: 321

Scotch-Irish: 314

Scottish: 291

Swedish: 252

Russian: 97

Dutch: 74

Norwegian: 74

Armenian: 58

European: 58

Canadian: 58

British: 52

Greek: 46

Subsaharan African:: 42

Welsh: 39

Lithuanian: 38

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 38

Belgian: 35

Hungarian: 34

Iranian: 30

Finnish: 30

Swiss: 27

Scandinavian: 27

Kenyan: 25

Ukrainian: 25

Eastern European: 24

Turkish: 24

Northern European: 22

U.S. Virgin Islander: 21

Czechoslovakian: 19

Cape Verdean: 17

Slovak: 16

Austrian: 13

Romanian: 13

Yugoslavian: 13

Jamaican: 11

Danish: 7

Arab:: 7

Syrian: 7

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Germany (13%)
Ireland (11%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Philippines (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Spain (6%)
Trinidad and Tobago (6%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 10221
Northeast: 4262
Midwest: 528
South: 539
West: 277

52% of Narragansett residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Rhode Island.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 11
Nursery to 4th grade: 19
5th and 6th grade: 11
7th and 8th grade: 27
9th grade: 76
10th grade: 79
11th grade: 135
12th grade, no diploma: 97
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,072
Less than 1 year of college: 187
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 604
Associate degree: 383
Bachelor's degree: 1,297
Master's degree: 654
Professional school degree: 155
Doctorate degree: 164

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 26
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 22
7th and 8th grade: 94
9th grade: 63
10th grade: 61
11th grade: 56
12th grade, no diploma: 117
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,254
Less than 1 year of college: 331
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 746
Associate degree: 548
Bachelor's degree: 1,212
Master's degree: 693
Professional school degree: 114
Doctorate degree: 40

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 15.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $66,936
Black householders: $52,269
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $15,972
Asian householders: $58,757
Some other race householders: $37,335
Two or more races householders: $22,525
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $35,585

Narragansett household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Narragansett household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Narragansett household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Narragansett marital status for males

Narragansett marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $366,481
Black or African American householders: $275,699
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $419,250
Asian householders: $240,370
Two or more races householders: $1,211,243

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,271
One, attached: 368
Two: 478
3 or 4: 283
5 to 9: 295
10 to 19: 128
20 to 49: 153
50 or more: 99
Mobile homes: 17
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 67

Median worth of mobile homes: $138,863

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Narragansett:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%) Utility gas (29%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%) Wood (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%) Utility gas (30%) Electricity (25%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207

Here:	15.2%
Rhode Island:	12.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 127

Here:	18.7%
Rhode Island:	12.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 122

Here:	4.6%
Rhode Island:	43.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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