Charlestown vs Utica

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

Charlestown and Utica 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 1,017 in Utica). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($77,548 vs $75,268 in Utica). Utica has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $191,200 in Charlestown).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Utica
Population	8,118	1,017
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,548	$75,268
Median home value	$191,200	$210,900
Median gross rent	$903	$1,295
Housing units	3,322	445
Homeownership rate	73.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Utica
Population	8,199 → 8,118 (-1.0%)	639 → 1,017 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $77,548 (+71.3%)	$51,016 → $75,268 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $191,200 (+40.1%)	$133,200 → $210,900 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $903 (+19.1%)	$900 → $1,295 (+43.9%)

Charlestown

Population

8,1998,118

Median household income

$45,278$77,548

Median home value

$136,500$191,200

Median gross rent

$758$903

Utica

Population

6391,017

Median household income

$51,016$75,268

Median home value

$133,200$210,900

Median gross rent

$900$1,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Utica
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.0%
75 and over	4.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	75.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Utica
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Utica
Drove alone	86.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	13.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Utica
1-unit, detached	76.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Utica
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1983	1992