Charlotte vs Davidson

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

Charlotte and Davidson 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 14,852 in Davidson). Davidson has the higher median household income ($152,969 vs $78,438 in Charlotte). Davidson has the higher median home value ($626,000 vs $351,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Davidson
Population	886,283	14,852
Median age	34.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$152,969
Median home value	$351,500	$626,000
Median gross rent	$1,504	$1,636
Housing units	390,835	6,043
Homeownership rate	51.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Davidson
Population	857,425 → 886,283 (+3.4%)	12,735 → 14,852 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$62,817 → $78,438 (+24.9%)	$124,853 → $152,969 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$220,300 → $351,500 (+59.6%)	$448,300 → $626,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,504 (+32.5%)	$1,264 → $1,636 (+29.4%)

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

Davidson

Population

12,73514,852

Median household income

$124,853$152,969

Median home value

$448,300$626,000

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Davidson
Under 5	6.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	15.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Davidson
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	33.7%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Davidson
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	16.6%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	40.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Davidson
Drove alone	61.0%	59.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.3%
Public transit	2.2%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.6%
Worked from home	25.5%	27.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Davidson
1-unit, detached	52.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	17.3%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Davidson
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1994	2002