Charlotte County vs Clay County

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte County and Clay County: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte County and Clay County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay County has the higher population (223,436 vs 195,083 in Charlotte County). Clay County has the higher median household income ($86,094 vs $66,154 in Charlotte County). Charlotte County has the higher median home value ($291,000 vs $281,500 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte County	Clay County
Population	195,083	223,436
Median age	60.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,154	$86,094
Median home value	$291,000	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,464
Housing units	114,821	87,165
Homeownership rate	83.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte County	Clay County
Population	181,067 → 195,083 (+7.7%)	211,405 → 223,436 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$51,499 → $66,154 (+28.5%)	$65,740 → $86,094 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $291,000 (+48.9%)	$185,400 → $281,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,289 (+24.9%)	$1,148 → $1,464 (+27.5%)

Charlotte County

Population

181,067195,083

Median household income

$51,499$66,154

Median home value

$195,400$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,289

Clay County

Population

211,405223,436

Median household income

$65,740$86,094

Median home value

$185,400$281,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte County	Clay County
Under 5	2.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	21.6%	10.4%
75 and over	18.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte County	Clay County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	69.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte County	Clay County
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte County	Clay County
Drove alone	73.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	14.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte County	Clay County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte County	Clay County
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1990	1995