Charlestown vs North East

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

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

North East has the higher population (4,095 vs 2,037 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $87,510 in North East). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $243,500 in North East).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	North East
Population	2,037	4,095
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$87,510
Median home value	$361,300	$243,500
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,358
Housing units	794	1,990
Homeownership rate	86.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	North East
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	3,620 → 4,095 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$47,849 → $87,510 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$195,200 → $243,500 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$880 → $1,358 (+54.3%)

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

North East

Population

3,6204,095

Median household income

$47,849$87,510

Median home value

$195,200$243,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	North East
Under 5	10.6%	11.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	20.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.1%
75 and over	9.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	North East
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	North East
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	North East
Drove alone	78.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.4%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	North East
1-unit, detached	91.2%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	39.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	North East
Poverty rate	8.1%	15.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1993	2001