Charlestown vs Chesapeake City

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

Charlestown and Chesapeake City 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 778 in Chesapeake City). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $67,109 in Chesapeake City). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $335,200 in Chesapeake City).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
Population	2,037	778
Median age	38.2 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$67,109
Median home value	$361,300	$335,200
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,005
Housing units	794	451
Homeownership rate	86.7%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	705 → 778 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$63,125 → $67,109 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$270,000 → $335,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$896 → $1,005 (+12.2%)

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

Chesapeake City

Population

705778

Median household income

$63,125$67,109

Median home value

$270,000$335,200

Median gross rent

$896$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
Under 5	10.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	26.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	19.2%
75 and over	9.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
Drove alone	78.3%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	16.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
1-unit, detached	91.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Chesapeake City
Poverty rate	8.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.77	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1993	1947