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Charlestown town, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Charlestown town is a Census town of 1,999 people across 1.17 square miles of land, in Cecil County. Median household income is $122,125, 92.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Charlestown
What Charlestown is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.17 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,710 plus or minus 417
- County holding the largest share of its areaCecil County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charlestown
How many people live in Charlestown
- Population1,999 plus or minus 487
- Median age37.5
- Population under 18570 plus or minus 155
- Share under 1828.5 percent
- Population 65 and over295 plus or minus 105
- Share 65 and over14.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households725 plus or minus 159
- Family households586 plus or minus 145
- Share of households that are families80.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charlestown
Income and work in Charlestown
- Median household income$122,125 plus or minus $39,930
- Per capita income$44,375
- Civilian labor force920 plus or minus 216
- Employed880 plus or minus 211
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over1,365 plus or minus 298
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent plus or minus 25.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charlestown
Housing in Charlestown
- Housing units765 plus or minus 163
- Occupied units725 plus or minus 159
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 37
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied669 plus or minus 152
- Renter occupied56 plus or minus 45
- Ownership rate92.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$378,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,735
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Single family units726 plus or minus 161
- Share single family94.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more39 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more5.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charlestown
How Charlestown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute752 plus or minus 188
- Commuting under 15 minutes112 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.9 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more344 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.7 percent
- Drove alone77.8 percent
- Carpooled4.6 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home15.5 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cecil County, not Charlestown
Cecil County context, not Charlestown figures
These are Cecil County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Charlestown measurements.
- Establishments in Cecil County1,776
- Employment at those establishments, Cecil County29,700
- Covered employment, Cecil County36,713
- Average annual pay, Cecil County$63,481
- Average weekly wage, Cecil County$1,221
- Housing units permitted, Cecil County561
- Of those, single family, Cecil County231
- County product, 2024, Cecil County$7,154,200,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cecil County1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cecil County$70,507
Every figure in this section is published for Cecil County as a whole and is not a measurement of Charlestown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Charlestown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Charlestown, Maryland?
1,999, in 725 households. Charlestown town covers 1.17 square miles of land, which is 1,710 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Charlestown in?
Cecil County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Charlestown?
$122,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $378,400. Median gross rent is $1,735 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Charlestown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cecil County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Charlestown.
Is zoning published for Charlestown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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