Charleston vs Cleveland

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

Charleston and Cleveland are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland has the higher population (48,185 vs 816 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median household income ($72,208 vs $55,904 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $185,000 in Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Cleveland
Population	816	48,185
Median age	48.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,208	$55,904
Median home value	$185,000	$241,800
Median gross rent	$871	$966
Housing units	419	19,908
Homeownership rate	78.9%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Cleveland
Population	745 → 816 (+9.5%)	44,595 → 48,185 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $72,208 (+35.9%)	$44,633 → $55,904 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $185,000 (+51.1%)	$171,500 → $241,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $871 (+26.6%)	$768 → $966 (+25.8%)

Charleston

Population

745816

Median household income

$53,125$72,208

Median home value

$122,400$185,000

Median gross rent

$688$871

Cleveland

Population

44,59548,185

Median household income

$44,633$55,904

Median home value

$171,500$241,800

Median gross rent

$768$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Cleveland
Under 5	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	13.6%
25 to 34	18.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	27.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	74.5%
Black or African American	13.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Cleveland
No high school diploma	9.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Cleveland
Drove alone	87.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Cleveland
1-unit, detached	79.2%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Cleveland
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1982