Charleston Park vs Matlacha

A side-by-side comparison of Charleston Park and Matlacha: population, income, housing, and more.

Charleston Park and Matlacha are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Matlacha has the higher population (845 vs 37 in Charleston Park). Since 2019, Matlacha's population has grown faster (+57.4% vs -85.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
Population	37	845
Median age	34.3 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median home value	—	$458,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,217
Housing units	55	799
Homeownership rate	—	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
Population	254 → 37 (-85.4%)	537 → 845 (+57.4%)
Median household income	—	$48,750 → $77,841 (+59.7%)
Median home value	—	$287,000 → $458,300 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$969 → $1,217 (+25.6%)

Charleston Park

Population

25437

Matlacha

Population

537845

Median household income

$48,750$77,841

Median home value

$287,000$458,300

Median gross rent

$969$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	70.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	28.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	43.7%
75 and over	24.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	70.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
No high school diploma	68.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
Drove alone	0.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	61.5%	10.5%
Other means	38.5%	14.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Charleston Park	Matlacha
Poverty rate	70.3%	15.0%
Average household size	—	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	—	1977