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Charleston, TN

956 Population
1.1 square miles 832.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±10.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,790 ±$6,138 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: $33,852 ±$975
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,763 ±$16,327 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: $66,135 ±$1,426
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±3.9% (89  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 12.9% 16,153 (±1.1% / ±1,409)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±3.8 (13,680  ±4,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 24.4 1,286,325 (±0.7 / ±53,121)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

418 ±115 Number of households
  • the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 50,020 ±562
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.9 (956  ±256) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 2.5 125,975 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

481 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 55,013 ±70
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,400 ±$62,514 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: $247,000 ±$6,495
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±7.4% (119  ±77.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 14.5% 18,441 (±1.3% / ±1,615.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±32.6% (650  ±146.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 88.4% 79,155 (±2.5% / ±2,239.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.4% ±5.3% (82  ±44.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 23.3% 20,852 (±1.3% / ±1,169.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third 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

0.9% ±0.9% (9  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 5.2% 6,725
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±5.9% (61  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cleveland, TN Metro Area: 7.4% † 7,510 (±0.8% / ±810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
61 Total veterans ±49 61 Male ±49 N/A Female ±14

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