Charlotte Hall vs Golden Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte Hall and Golden Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte Hall and Golden Beach are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Beach has the higher population (3,953 vs 1,448 in Charlotte Hall). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $108,936 in Charlotte Hall). Golden Beach has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $351,800 in Charlotte Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
Population	1,448	3,953
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,936	$140,313
Median home value	$351,800	$376,200
Median gross rent	$1,836	—
Housing units	356	1,343
Homeownership rate	75.8%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
Population	1,865 → 1,448 (-22.4%)	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)
Median household income	$97,656 → $108,936 (+11.6%)	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $351,800 (+37.3%)	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,836 (+66.9%)	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)

Charlotte Hall

Population

1,8651,448

Median household income

$97,656$108,936

Median home value

$256,300$351,800

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,836

Golden Beach

Population

3,0603,953

Median household income

$85,843$140,313

Median home value

$283,600$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
Under 5	8.7%	10.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	4.9%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.3%
75 and over	15.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	31.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
Drove alone	84.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.2%
Public transit	1.9%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
1-unit, detached	94.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Hall	Golden Beach
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.3%
Average household size	3.42	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	45
Median year structure built	1975	1978