Charlotte vs Cornelius

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Cornelius: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte and Cornelius are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charlotte has the higher population (886,283 vs 32,009 in Cornelius). Cornelius has the higher median household income ($114,688 vs $78,438 in Charlotte). Cornelius has the higher median home value ($512,400 vs $351,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Cornelius
Population	886,283	32,009
Median age	34.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$114,688
Median home value	$351,500	$512,400
Median gross rent	$1,504	$1,571
Housing units	390,835	14,777
Homeownership rate	51.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Cornelius
Population	857,425 → 886,283 (+3.4%)	29,256 → 32,009 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$62,817 → $78,438 (+24.9%)	$90,542 → $114,688 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$220,300 → $351,500 (+59.6%)	$322,400 → $512,400 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,504 (+32.5%)	$1,219 → $1,571 (+28.9%)

Charlotte

Population

857,425886,283

Median household income

$62,817$78,438

Median home value

$220,300$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,504

Cornelius

Population

29,25632,009

Median household income

$90,542$114,688

Median home value

$322,400$512,400

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Cornelius
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.3%
75 and over	4.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Cornelius
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	33.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Cornelius
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Cornelius
Drove alone	61.0%	66.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	25.5%	26.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Cornelius
1-unit, detached	52.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	14.4%
20 or more units	17.3%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Cornelius
Poverty rate	11.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1994	2002