Charlotte Court House vs Drakes Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte Court House and Drakes Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte Court House and Drakes Branch are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charlotte Court House has the higher population (662 vs 475 in Drakes Branch). Charlotte Court House has the higher median household income ($79,167 vs $19,620 in Drakes Branch). Charlotte Court House has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $119,100 in Drakes Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
Population	662	475
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,167	$19,620
Median home value	$155,000	$119,100
Median gross rent	$883	$498
Housing units	236	318
Homeownership rate	61.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
Population	538 → 662 (+23.0%)	607 → 475 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$42,344 → $79,167 (+87.0%)	$23,203 → $19,620 (-15.4%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $155,000 (+6.3%)	$88,300 → $119,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $883 (+3.9%)	$618 → $498 (-19.4%)

Charlotte Court House

Population

538662

Median household income

$42,344$79,167

Median home value

$145,800$155,000

Median gross rent

$850$883

Drakes Branch

Population

607475

Median household income

$23,203$19,620

Median home value

$88,300$119,100

Median gross rent

$618$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
Under 5	1.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	23.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	2.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.5%
75 and over	3.6%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	52.0%
Black or African American	42.3%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
No high school diploma	13.3%	23.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
Drove alone	75.3%	94.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
1-unit, detached	86.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Court House	Drakes Branch
Poverty rate	15.3%	28.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1961	1967