Charlestown vs Underwood

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

Charlestown and Underwood 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 1,140 in Underwood). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($77,548 vs $61,818 in Underwood). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $181,300 in Underwood).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Underwood
Population	8,118	1,140
Median age	36.3 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$61,818
Median home value	$191,200	$181,300
Median gross rent	$903	—
Housing units	3,322	320
Homeownership rate	73.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Underwood
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	1,074 → 1,140 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$68,750 → $61,818 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$138,000 → $181,300 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	—

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Underwood

Population

1,0741,140

Median household income

$68,750$61,818

Median home value

$138,000$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Underwood
Under 5	4.8%	22.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	3.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.1%
75 and over	4.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	96.8%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Underwood
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Underwood
Drove alone	86.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Underwood
1-unit, detached	76.0%	82.2%
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%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Underwood
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.65	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1983	1978