Anniston vs Charleston

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

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

Charleston has the higher population (4,565 vs 262 in Anniston). Charleston has the higher median household income ($35,139 vs $34,615 in Anniston). Charleston has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $51,700 in Anniston).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	Charleston
Population	262	4,565
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,615	$35,139
Median home value	$51,700	$107,700
Median gross rent	$1,281	$734
Housing units	125	1,477
Homeownership rate	86.8%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	Charleston
Population	155 → 262 (+69.0%)	5,614 → 4,565 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$27,875 → $34,615 (+24.2%)	$30,573 → $35,139 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$35,900 → $51,700 (+44.0%)	$72,400 → $107,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,281 (+15.3%)	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)

Anniston

Population

155262

Median household income

$27,875$34,615

Median home value

$35,900$51,700

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,281

Charleston

Population

5,6144,565

Median household income

$30,573$35,139

Median home value

$72,400$107,700

Median gross rent

$640$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anniston	Charleston
Under 5	7.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	2.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	5.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	9.2%
75 and over	30.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	37.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	Charleston
No high school diploma	13.7%	17.7%
High school graduate	57.8%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	Charleston
Drove alone	100.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	Charleston
1-unit, detached	73.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	Charleston
Poverty rate	31.3%	31.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1976	1970