Charlotte vs Huntersville

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

Charlotte and Huntersville 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 62,458 in Huntersville). Huntersville has the higher median household income ($119,951 vs $78,438 in Charlotte). Huntersville has the higher median home value ($439,300 vs $351,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Huntersville
Population	886,283	62,458
Median age	34.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$119,951
Median home value	$351,500	$439,300
Median gross rent	$1,504	$1,742
Housing units	390,835	24,643
Homeownership rate	51.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Huntersville
Population	857,425 → 886,283 (+3.4%)	55,980 → 62,458 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$62,817 → $78,438 (+24.9%)	$102,016 → $119,951 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$220,300 → $351,500 (+59.6%)	$301,500 → $439,300 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,504 (+32.5%)	$1,305 → $1,742 (+33.5%)

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

Huntersville

Population

55,98062,458

Median household income

$102,016$119,951

Median home value

$301,500$439,300

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Huntersville
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.1%
75 and over	4.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Huntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	68.8%
Black or African American	33.7%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Huntersville
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	16.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Huntersville
Drove alone	61.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.0%
Public transit	2.2%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	26.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Huntersville
1-unit, detached	52.0%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Huntersville
Poverty rate	11.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1994	2004