Charlotte vs Grand Ledge

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Grand Ledge: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte and Grand Ledge are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charlotte has the higher population (9,269 vs 7,797 in Grand Ledge). Grand Ledge has the higher median household income ($66,515 vs $63,385 in Charlotte). Grand Ledge has the higher median home value ($189,300 vs $140,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
Population	9,269	7,797
Median age	35.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,385	$66,515
Median home value	$140,500	$189,300
Median gross rent	$779	$944
Housing units	3,776	3,797
Homeownership rate	66.8%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
Population	9,082 → 9,269 (+2.1%)	7,842 → 7,797 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,907 → $63,385 (+24.5%)	$59,738 → $66,515 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $140,500 (+32.4%)	$142,400 → $189,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)	$797 → $944 (+18.4%)

Charlotte

Population

9,0829,269

Median household income

$50,907$63,385

Median home value

$106,100$140,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Grand Ledge

Population

7,8427,797

Median household income

$59,738$66,515

Median home value

$142,400$189,300

Median gross rent

$797$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.1%
75 and over	8.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
No high school diploma	9.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
Drove alone	72.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
1-unit, detached	62.4%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	11.4%
20 or more units	4.6%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Grand Ledge
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1973