Charlestown vs Memphis

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

Charlestown and Memphis 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 928 in Memphis). Memphis has the higher median household income ($116,852 vs $77,548 in Charlestown). Memphis has the higher median home value ($233,600 vs $191,200 in Charlestown).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Memphis
Population	8,118	928
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$116,852
Median home value	$191,200	$233,600
Median gross rent	$903	$1,173
Housing units	3,322	376
Homeownership rate	73.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Memphis
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	891 → 928 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$81,429 → $116,852 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$159,400 → $233,600 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	$777 → $1,173 (+51.0%)

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Memphis

Population

891928

Median household income

$81,429$116,852

Median home value

$159,400$233,600

Median gross rent

$777$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Memphis
Under 5	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	19.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.2%
75 and over	4.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	93.9%
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%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Memphis
No high school diploma	13.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Memphis
Drove alone	86.8%	69.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Memphis
1-unit, detached	76.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Memphis
Poverty rate	10.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1983	2012