Charlestown vs Sellersburg

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

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

Sellersburg has the higher population (10,215 vs 8,118 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($77,548 vs $69,851 in Sellersburg). Sellersburg has the higher median home value ($213,300 vs $191,200 in Charlestown).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
Population	8,118	10,215
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$69,851
Median home value	$191,200	$213,300
Median gross rent	$903	$1,057
Housing units	3,322	4,546
Homeownership rate	73.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	9,066 → 10,215 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$62,618 → $69,851 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$154,300 → $213,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	$999 → $1,057 (+5.8%)

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Sellersburg

Population

9,06610,215

Median household income

$62,618$69,851

Median home value

$154,300$213,300

Median gross rent

$999$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.1%
75 and over	4.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
Drove alone	86.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
1-unit, detached	76.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Sellersburg
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1983	1981