Charlotte vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (23,301 vs 9,269 in Charlotte). Waverly has the higher median household income ($75,868 vs $63,385 in Charlotte). Waverly has the higher median home value ($222,300 vs $140,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Waverly
Population	9,269	23,301
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,385	$75,868
Median home value	$140,500	$222,300
Median gross rent	$779	$1,125
Housing units	3,776	11,761
Homeownership rate	66.8%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Waverly
Population	9,082 → 9,269 (+2.1%)	24,201 → 23,301 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$50,907 → $63,385 (+24.5%)	$63,362 → $75,868 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $140,500 (+32.4%)	$164,100 → $222,300 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)	$919 → $1,125 (+22.4%)

Charlotte

Population

9,0829,269

Median household income

$50,907$63,385

Median home value

$106,100$140,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Waverly

Population

24,20123,301

Median household income

$63,362$75,868

Median home value

$164,100$222,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Waverly
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	13.1%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	64.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Waverly
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Waverly
Drove alone	72.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.1%	17.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Waverly
1-unit, detached	62.4%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	24.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Waverly
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1963	1980