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Charlestown, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Charlestown, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 765. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHARLESTOWN-MD · Charlestown, MD 1 ZIPs · 765 pop · #14577/25278 · Cecil County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $66,806
  • RANK-MID #14577/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Warwick
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 765
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $288,500

Nearest income peer: Warwick, MD (+ $3,062 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Charlestown

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Charlestown on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Charlestown, MD sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

42nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
765
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,806
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,806 and poverty 20.1% concentrate in 21914.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Charlestown as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Cascade is the closest lower-income city and Hillsboro the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Charlestown.

Population concentration

Charlestown reads through its lone ZIP, 21914

765 ACS residents, one ZIP: 21914 is not the leading code inside Charlestown, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Charlestown

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 100 employees , annual payroll $3,886k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21914 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Charlestown, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Cecil County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Charlestown. See the Cecil County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Cecil County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Charlestown, Elkton, North East and Rising Sun among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. North East marks the far end of that range at $113,719, 70% above Charlestown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21914 765 $66,806 6 397
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Charlestown roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Charlestown, .