Ashmore vs Charleston

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

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

Charleston has the higher population (17,212 vs 750 in Ashmore). Ashmore has the higher median household income ($57,361 vs $49,057 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $87,100 in Ashmore).

Population, income & housing

	Ashmore	Charleston
Population	750	17,212
Median age	39.3 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,361	$49,057
Median home value	$87,100	$133,700
Median gross rent	$773	$819
Housing units	363	8,411
Homeownership rate	82.8%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashmore	Charleston
Population	782 → 750 (-4.1%)	20,464 → 17,212 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $57,361 (+15.7%)	$40,863 → $49,057 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $87,100 (+13.0%)	$104,900 → $133,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $773 (+23.5%)	$723 → $819 (+13.3%)

Ashmore

Population

782750

Median household income

$49,583$57,361

Median home value

$77,100$87,100

Median gross rent

$626$773

Charleston

Population

20,46417,212

Median household income

$40,863$49,057

Median home value

$104,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$723$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashmore	Charleston
Under 5	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	32.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.8%
75 and over	5.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashmore	Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	7.1%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashmore	Charleston
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashmore	Charleston
Drove alone	85.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashmore	Charleston
1-unit, detached	86.5%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashmore	Charleston
Poverty rate	21.1%	25.3%
Average household size	2.39	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1970	1978