Charleston vs Hopewell

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

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

Hopewell has the higher population (2,624 vs 816 in Charleston). Hopewell has the higher median household income ($85,461 vs $72,208 in Charleston). Hopewell has the higher median home value ($227,700 vs $185,000 in Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Hopewell
Population	816	2,624
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,208	$85,461
Median home value	$185,000	$227,700
Median gross rent	$871	$1,007
Housing units	419	1,028
Homeownership rate	78.9%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Hopewell
Population	745 → 816 (+9.5%)	1,900 → 2,624 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $72,208 (+35.9%)	$54,824 → $85,461 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $185,000 (+51.1%)	$168,100 → $227,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $871 (+26.6%)	$573 → $1,007 (+75.7%)

Charleston

Population

745816

Median household income

$53,125$72,208

Median home value

$122,400$185,000

Median gross rent

$688$871

Hopewell

Population

1,9002,624

Median household income

$54,824$85,461

Median home value

$168,100$227,700

Median gross rent

$573$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Hopewell
Under 5	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	27.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.2%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Hopewell
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	13.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Hopewell
No high school diploma	9.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Hopewell
Drove alone	87.4%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Hopewell
1-unit, detached	79.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Hopewell
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1990	1985