Charleston vs Wildwood Lake

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

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

Wildwood Lake has the higher population (3,490 vs 816 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median household income ($72,208 vs $61,824 in Wildwood Lake). Wildwood Lake has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $185,000 in Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
Population	816	3,490
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,208	$61,824
Median home value	$185,000	$196,600
Median gross rent	$871	$832
Housing units	419	1,574
Homeownership rate	78.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
Population	745 → 816 (+9.5%)	3,639 → 3,490 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $72,208 (+35.9%)	$43,775 → $61,824 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $185,000 (+51.1%)	$146,300 → $196,600 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $871 (+26.6%)	$709 → $832 (+17.3%)

Charleston

Population

745816

Median household income

$53,125$72,208

Median home value

$122,400$185,000

Median gross rent

$688$871

Wildwood Lake

Population

3,6393,490

Median household income

$43,775$61,824

Median home value

$146,300$196,600

Median gross rent

$709$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	27.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	83.3%
Black or African American	13.8%	1.2%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
No high school diploma	9.4%	17.4%
High school graduate	48.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
Drove alone	87.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
1-unit, detached	79.2%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Wildwood Lake
Poverty rate	7.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1981