Charlestown vs Perryville

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (4,425 vs 2,037 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $75,543 in Perryville). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $267,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Perryville
Population	2,037	4,425
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$75,543
Median home value	$361,300	$267,700
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,053
Housing units	794	1,821
Homeownership rate	86.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Perryville
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	4,404 → 4,425 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$72,432 → $75,543 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$227,900 → $267,700 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$998 → $1,053 (+5.5%)

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

Perryville

Population

4,4044,425

Median household income

$72,432$75,543

Median home value

$227,900$267,700

Median gross rent

$998$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Perryville
Under 5	10.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.1%
75 and over	9.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	74.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	13.6%
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%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Perryville
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Perryville
Drove alone	78.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Perryville
1-unit, detached	91.2%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Perryville
Poverty rate	8.1%	13.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1993	1988