Charlestown vs Elkton

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

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

Elkton has the higher population (15,867 vs 2,037 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $56,565 in Elkton). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $271,700 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Elkton
Population	2,037	15,867
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$56,565
Median home value	$361,300	$271,700
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,368
Housing units	794	6,234
Homeownership rate	86.7%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Elkton
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	15,644 → 15,867 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$56,250 → $56,565 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$194,800 → $271,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$1,066 → $1,368 (+28.3%)

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

Elkton

Population

15,64415,867

Median household income

$56,250$56,565

Median home value

$194,800$271,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Elkton
Under 5	10.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	62.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	2.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Elkton
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Elkton
Drove alone	78.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Elkton
1-unit, detached	91.2%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Elkton
Poverty rate	8.1%	19.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1993	1987