Charleston vs East Cleveland

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

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

East Cleveland has the higher population (2,207 vs 816 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median household income ($72,208 vs $46,968 in East Cleveland). Charleston has the higher median home value ($185,000 vs $113,800 in East Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	East Cleveland
Population	816	2,207
Median age	48.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,208	$46,968
Median home value	$185,000	$113,800
Median gross rent	$871	$918
Housing units	419	751
Homeownership rate	78.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	0.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	East Cleveland
Population	745 → 816 (+9.5%)	2,019 → 2,207 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $72,208 (+35.9%)	$26,317 → $46,968 (+78.5%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $185,000 (+51.1%)	$69,500 → $113,800 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $871 (+26.6%)	$715 → $918 (+28.4%)

Charleston

Population

745816

Median household income

$53,125$72,208

Median home value

$122,400$185,000

Median gross rent

$688$871

East Cleveland

Population

2,0192,207

Median household income

$26,317$46,968

Median home value

$69,500$113,800

Median gross rent

$715$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	East Cleveland
Under 5	4.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	20.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	27.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.0%
75 and over	6.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	East Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	81.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	East Cleveland
No high school diploma	9.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	East Cleveland
Drove alone	87.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	East Cleveland
1-unit, detached	79.2%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	East Cleveland
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.3%
Average household size	2.30	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1990	1983