Charleston vs Wyatt

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

Charleston and Wyatt 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 233 in Wyatt). Charleston has the higher median household income ($35,139 vs $21,875 in Wyatt). Charleston has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $37,100 in Wyatt).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Wyatt
Population	4,565	233
Median age	42.9 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,139	$21,875
Median home value	$107,700	$37,100
Median gross rent	$734	$695
Housing units	1,477	135
Homeownership rate	50.8%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	24.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Wyatt
Population	5,614 → 4,565 (-18.7%)	301 → 233 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$30,573 → $35,139 (+14.9%)	$37,604 → $21,875 (-41.8%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $107,700 (+48.8%)	$33,600 → $37,100 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)	$623 → $695 (+11.6%)

Charleston

Population

5,6144,565

Median household income

$30,573$35,139

Median home value

$72,400$107,700

Median gross rent

$640$734

Wyatt

Population

301233

Median household income

$37,604$21,875

Median home value

$33,600$37,100

Median gross rent

$623$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Wyatt
Under 5	3.3%	19.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	3.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.7%
75 and over	4.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Wyatt
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	82.8%
Black or African American	55.7%	7.7%
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	6.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Wyatt
No high school diploma	17.7%	47.5%
High school graduate	56.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Wyatt
Drove alone	78.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Wyatt
1-unit, detached	72.8%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Wyatt
Poverty rate	31.4%	48.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1970	1955