Charleston vs South Cleveland

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

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

South Cleveland has the higher population (7,748 vs 816 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median household income ($72,208 vs $64,607 in South Cleveland). South Cleveland has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $185,000 in Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	South Cleveland
Population	816	7,748
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,208	$64,607
Median home value	$185,000	$195,700
Median gross rent	$871	$880
Housing units	419	3,341
Homeownership rate	78.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	South Cleveland
Population	745 → 816 (+9.5%)	8,056 → 7,748 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $72,208 (+35.9%)	$53,942 → $64,607 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $185,000 (+51.1%)	$132,900 → $195,700 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $871 (+26.6%)	$811 → $880 (+8.5%)

Charleston

Population

745816

Median household income

$53,125$72,208

Median home value

$122,400$185,000

Median gross rent

$688$871

South Cleveland

Population

8,0567,748

Median household income

$53,942$64,607

Median home value

$132,900$195,700

Median gross rent

$811$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	South Cleveland
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	27.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.8%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	South Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	80.6%
Black or African American	13.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	South Cleveland
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	48.3%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	South Cleveland
Drove alone	87.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	South Cleveland
1-unit, detached	79.2%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	South Cleveland
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1984