Bertrand vs Charleston

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

Bertrand 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 707 in Bertrand). Bertrand has the higher median household income ($55,568 vs $35,139 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $92,500 in Bertrand).

Population, income & housing

	Bertrand	Charleston
Population	707	4,565
Median age	52.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,568	$35,139
Median home value	$92,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$620	$734
Housing units	307	1,477
Homeownership rate	68.4%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertrand	Charleston
Population	838 → 707 (-15.6%)	5,614 → 4,565 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$32,969 → $55,568 (+68.5%)	$30,573 → $35,139 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $92,500 (+38.7%)	$72,400 → $107,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $620 (+11.1%)	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)

Bertrand

Population

838707

Median household income

$32,969$55,568

Median home value

$66,700$92,500

Median gross rent

$558$620

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)

	Bertrand	Charleston
Under 5	7.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.2%
75 and over	14.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertrand	Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	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	9.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertrand	Charleston
No high school diploma	24.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertrand	Charleston
Drove alone	84.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertrand	Charleston
1-unit, detached	53.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bertrand	Charleston
Poverty rate	17.1%	31.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1976	1970