Being a small city, Charlestown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Charlestown overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Charlestown, 21.66% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Charlestown in 2018 was $30,900, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,600 for a family of four. However, Charlestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Charlestown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Charlestown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Charlestown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Charlestown include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Charlestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
