Charlack vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Charlack and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charlack has the higher population (1,775 vs 1,690 in Wellston). Charlack has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Charlack's population has grown faster (+7.5% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Charlack	Wellston
Population	1,775	1,690
Median age	30.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$39,474
Median home value	$117,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,053
Housing units	735	1,045
Homeownership rate	53.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlack	Wellston
Population	1,651 → 1,775 (+7.5%)	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$41,696 → $53,393 (+28.1%)	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $117,200 (+49.1%)	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,116 (+22.2%)	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)

Charlack

Population

1,6511,775

Median household income

$41,696$53,393

Median home value

$78,600$117,200

Median gross rent

$913$1,116

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlack	Wellston
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	17.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	24.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.2%
75 and over	1.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlack	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	4.0%
Black or African American	33.1%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlack	Wellston
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	28.4%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlack	Wellston
Drove alone	73.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.4%
Public transit	1.1%	12.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlack	Wellston
1-unit, detached	66.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Charlack	Wellston
Poverty rate	16.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1942	1952