Charleston vs Heber

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

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

Heber has the higher population (17,438 vs 484 in Charleston). Heber has the higher median household income ($107,784 vs $93,875 in Charleston). Charleston has the higher median home value ($672,300 vs $571,300 in Heber).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Heber
Population	484	17,438
Median age	51.7 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,875	$107,784
Median home value	$672,300	$571,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,862
Housing units	233	5,501
Homeownership rate	81.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Heber
Population	583 → 484 (-17.0%)	15,699 → 17,438 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$76,500 → $93,875 (+22.7%)	$74,665 → $107,784 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $672,300 (+78.5%)	$348,100 → $571,300 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,700 → $1,450 (-14.7%)	$1,241 → $1,862 (+50.0%)

Charleston

Population

583484

Median household income

$76,500$93,875

Median home value

$376,700$672,300

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,450

Heber

Population

15,69917,438

Median household income

$74,665$107,784

Median home value

$348,100$571,300

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Heber
Under 5	4.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	24.0%	6.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	5.4%
75 and over	6.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Heber
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Heber
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Heber
Drove alone	68.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	11.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Heber
1-unit, detached	94.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Heber
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.23	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1978	2002