Charlestown vs Henryville

A side-by-side comparison of Charlestown and Henryville: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlestown and Henryville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charlestown has the higher population (8,118 vs 1,804 in Henryville). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($77,548 vs $77,440 in Henryville). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $190,200 in Henryville).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Henryville
Population	8,118	1,804
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$77,440
Median home value	$191,200	$190,200
Median gross rent	$903	$738
Housing units	3,322	800
Homeownership rate	73.7%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Henryville
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	1,878 → 1,804 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$67,917 → $77,440 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$146,500 → $190,200 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	$789 → $738 (-6.5%)

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Henryville

Population

1,8781,804

Median household income

$67,917$77,440

Median home value

$146,500$190,200

Median gross rent

$789$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Henryville
Under 5	4.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	5.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.0%
75 and over	4.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Henryville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Henryville
No high school diploma	13.0%	21.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Henryville
Drove alone	86.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Henryville
1-unit, detached	76.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Henryville
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1983	1997