Charlotte vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte and Wheatland are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheatland has the higher population (921 vs 431 in Charlotte). Charlotte has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $36,071 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $95,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Wheatland
Population	431	921
Median age	36.8 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$36,071
Median home value	$95,500	$119,200
Median gross rent	$704	$803
Housing units	193	389
Homeownership rate	78.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Wheatland
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	715 → 921 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$61,500 → $69,792 (+13.5%)	$53,125 → $36,071 (-32.1%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $95,500 (-7.8%)	$96,500 → $119,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $704 (+22.4%)	$739 → $803 (+8.7%)

Charlotte

Population

323431

Median household income

$61,500$69,792

Median home value

$103,600$95,500

Median gross rent

$575$704

Wheatland

Population

715921

Median household income

$53,125$36,071

Median home value

$96,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$739$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Wheatland
Under 5	2.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	37.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	4.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.9%
75 and over	9.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Wheatland
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Wheatland
Drove alone	90.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	83.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Wheatland
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1952	1946