Charleston vs East Prairie

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

Charleston and East Prairie 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 2,930 in East Prairie). Charleston has the higher median household income ($35,139 vs $31,159 in East Prairie). Charleston has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $58,000 in East Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	East Prairie
Population	4,565	2,930
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,139	$31,159
Median home value	$107,700	$58,000
Median gross rent	$734	$825
Housing units	1,477	1,520
Homeownership rate	50.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	East Prairie
Population	5,614 → 4,565 (-18.7%)	3,006 → 2,930 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$30,573 → $35,139 (+14.9%)	$25,000 → $31,159 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $107,700 (+48.8%)	$69,600 → $58,000 (-16.7%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)	$554 → $825 (+48.9%)

Charleston

Population

5,6144,565

Median household income

$30,573$35,139

Median home value

$72,400$107,700

Median gross rent

$640$734

East Prairie

Population

3,0062,930

Median household income

$25,000$31,159

Median home value

$69,600$58,000

Median gross rent

$554$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	East Prairie
Under 5	3.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.0%
75 and over	4.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	East Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	55.7%	0.8%
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	6.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	East Prairie
No high school diploma	17.7%	27.4%
High school graduate	56.7%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	East Prairie
Drove alone	78.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	East Prairie
1-unit, detached	72.8%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	East Prairie
Poverty rate	31.4%	30.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1970	1972