Charlestown vs Port Deposit

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

Charlestown and Port Deposit 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 528 in Port Deposit). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $58,750 in Port Deposit). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $272,700 in Port Deposit).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
Population	2,037	528
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$58,750
Median home value	$361,300	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,143
Housing units	794	444
Homeownership rate	86.7%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	614 → 528 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$71,094 → $58,750 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$207,300 → $272,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$886 → $1,143 (+29.0%)

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

Port Deposit

Population

614528

Median household income

$71,094$58,750

Median home value

$207,300$272,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
Under 5	10.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.7%
75 and over	9.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	69.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
Drove alone	78.3%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	19.1%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.4%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
1-unit, detached	91.2%	27.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Port Deposit
Poverty rate	8.1%	22.5%
Average household size	2.77	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1993	1974