Census Reporter

Charleston, MO Urban Cluster

5,552 Population
3.7 square miles 1,515 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$12,785 ±$1,783 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$30,536 ±$8,369 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

32.9% ±10.8% (1,290  ±429) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

18.6 minutes ±3.4 (25,565  ±6,602) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,601 ±160 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0.3 (3,947  ±210) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

10.2% ±6.6% (99  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,907 ±181 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$66,700 ±$12,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.8% ±4.8% (806  ±261.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

79.1% ±6.8% (3,181  ±305.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
8.2% ±2.9% (331  ±117.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

0.7% ±0.6% (41  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.6% ±2% (250  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
250 Total veterans ±90 201 Male ±64 49 Female ±54

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.