Charlestown vs Rising Sun

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

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

Rising Sun has the higher population (2,756 vs 2,037 in Charlestown). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($109,650 vs $85,750 in Rising Sun). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $289,200 in Rising Sun).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
Population	2,037	2,756
Median age	38.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,650	$85,750
Median home value	$361,300	$289,200
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,183
Housing units	794	1,094
Homeownership rate	86.7%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
Population	1,518 → 2,037 (+34.2%)	2,791 → 2,756 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$95,104 → $109,650 (+15.3%)	$67,548 → $85,750 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $361,300 (+47.8%)	$223,400 → $289,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,548 (+30.6%)	$1,003 → $1,183 (+17.9%)

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

Rising Sun

Population

2,7912,756

Median household income

$67,548$85,750

Median home value

$223,400$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
Under 5	10.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.7%
75 and over	9.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
Drove alone	78.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
1-unit, detached	91.2%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Rising Sun
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1993	1987