Cecilton vs Charlestown

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

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

Charlestown has the higher population (2,037 vs 863 in Cecilton). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $95,795 in Cecilton). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $233,800 in Cecilton).

Population, income & housing

	Cecilton	Charlestown
Population	863	2,037
Median age	30.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,795	$109,650
Median home value	$233,800	$361,300
Median gross rent	$882	$1,548
Housing units	409	794
Homeownership rate	66.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecilton	Charlestown
Population	880 → 863 (-1.9%)	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)
Median household income	$34,569 → $95,795 (+177.1%)	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $233,800 (+34.5%)	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $882 (+18.9%)	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)

Cecilton

Population

880863

Median household income

$34,569$95,795

Median home value

$173,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$742$882

Charlestown

Population

1,5182,037

Median household income

$95,104$109,650

Median home value

$244,500$361,300

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cecilton	Charlestown
Under 5	6.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	25.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	3.1%	8.1%
75 and over	9.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecilton	Charlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecilton	Charlestown
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecilton	Charlestown
Drove alone	82.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecilton	Charlestown
1-unit, detached	74.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cecilton	Charlestown
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1976	1993