Charlotte vs Potterville

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

Charlotte and Potterville 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 3,065 in Potterville). Charlotte has the higher median household income ($63,385 vs $62,054 in Potterville). Charlotte has the higher median home value ($140,500 vs $125,400 in Potterville).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Potterville
Population	9,269	3,065
Median age	35.9 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,385	$62,054
Median home value	$140,500	$125,400
Median gross rent	$779	$954
Housing units	3,776	1,303
Homeownership rate	66.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Potterville
Population	9,082 → 9,269 (+2.1%)	2,713 → 3,065 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$50,907 → $63,385 (+24.5%)	$56,225 → $62,054 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $140,500 (+32.4%)	$97,400 → $125,400 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)	$815 → $954 (+17.1%)

Charlotte

Population

9,0829,269

Median household income

$50,907$63,385

Median home value

$106,100$140,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Potterville

Population

2,7133,065

Median household income

$56,225$62,054

Median home value

$97,400$125,400

Median gross rent

$815$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Potterville
Under 5	6.3%	9.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.4%
75 and over	8.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Potterville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Potterville
No high school diploma	9.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Potterville
Drove alone	72.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Potterville
1-unit, detached	62.4%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	11.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Potterville
Poverty rate	11.6%	14.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1994