Charlotte Harbor vs Port Charlotte

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Charlotte has the higher population (64,971 vs 4,456 in Charlotte Harbor). Port Charlotte has the higher median household income ($60,729 vs $41,750 in Charlotte Harbor). Port Charlotte has the higher median home value ($249,400 vs $194,200 in Charlotte Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
Population	4,456	64,971
Median age	67.0 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$60,729
Median home value	$194,200	$249,400
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,335
Housing units	2,959	32,045
Homeownership rate	42.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
Population	4,082 → 4,456 (+9.2%)	62,327 → 64,971 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$40,396 → $41,750 (+3.4%)	$46,603 → $60,729 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $194,200 (+53.6%)	$164,000 → $249,400 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,139 (+43.5%)	$1,016 → $1,335 (+31.4%)

Charlotte Harbor

Population

4,0824,456

Median household income

$40,396$41,750

Median home value

$126,400$194,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,139

Port Charlotte

Population

62,32764,971

Median household income

$46,603$60,729

Median home value

$164,000$249,400

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
Under 5	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	21.1%	19.5%
75 and over	34.6%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	74.7%
Black or African American	5.7%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
Drove alone	75.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.3%
Other means	1.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
1-unit, detached	21.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	24.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Harbor	Port Charlotte
Poverty rate	17.4%	11.2%
Average household size	1.85	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1982	1983