Charleston vs Tutwiler

A side-by-side comparison of Charleston and Tutwiler: population, income, housing, and more.

Charleston and Tutwiler are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charleston has the higher population (2,301 vs 2,049 in Tutwiler). Charleston has the higher median household income ($37,351 vs $33,836 in Tutwiler). Charleston has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $59,900 in Tutwiler).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Tutwiler
Population	2,301	2,049
Median age	33.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,351	$33,836
Median home value	$87,700	$59,900
Median gross rent	$628	$922
Housing units	937	692
Homeownership rate	57.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Tutwiler
Population	2,402 → 2,301 (-4.2%)	3,448 → 2,049 (-40.6%)
Median household income	$25,395 → $37,351 (+47.1%)	$30,521 → $33,836 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $87,700 (+30.9%)	$63,000 → $59,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $628 (+27.1%)	$467 → $922 (+97.4%)

Charleston

Population

2,4022,301

Median household income

$25,395$37,351

Median home value

$67,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$494$628

Tutwiler

Population

3,4482,049

Median household income

$30,521$33,836

Median home value

$63,000$59,900

Median gross rent

$467$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Tutwiler
Under 5	7.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	19.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.5%
75 and over	7.9%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Tutwiler
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	4.1%
Black or African American	71.2%	94.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Tutwiler
No high school diploma	22.6%	23.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Tutwiler
Drove alone	74.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Tutwiler
1-unit, detached	72.0%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Tutwiler
Poverty rate	32.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1975	1974