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Charlestown, IN

8,294 Population
11.4 square miles 724.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,428 ±$2,829 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,288 ±$18,469 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±6% (1,030  ±494) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±2.5 (90,440  ±13,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,995 ±229 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (8,278  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±3.6% (110  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,207 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,300 ±$29,597 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.4% ±6.1% (1,178  ±494.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±9.7% (4,578  ±549.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±5.4% (1,304  ±280.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±2% (336  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.3% (276  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
276 Total veterans ±138 262 Male ±136 14 Female ±24

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