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Charleston, AR

2,611 Population
3.8 square miles 681 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 42.4 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$30,613 ±$3,429 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $27,137 ±$1,901
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$60,058 ±$7,916 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $51,919 ±$4,896
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

9.1% ±4.1% (228  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 18.9% † 3,197 (±4% / ±671)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

32 minutes ±7.7 (35,055  ±9,738) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Franklin County: 24.2 161,505 (±2 / ±18,289)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

1,106 ±123 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 6,878 ±248
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.3 ±0.3 (2,504  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 16,857 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

3.9% ±6.7% (29  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 10.3% † 375 (±4% / ±146)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

1,189 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 7,751 ±22
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$116,500 ±$36,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $118,800 ±$8,073
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

11.4% ±5.4% (297  ±141) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 13% † 2,217 (±3.6% / ±618.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

90.8% ±11.6% (1,644  ±240) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 87.1% 10,532 (±5.4% / ±654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
22.8% ±7.3% (412  ±135.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 13.2% † 1,592 (±2.2% / ±269.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

1.4% ±1.5% (36  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 1.1% 183
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9.1% ±4.2% (183  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.5% † 1,398 (±1.9% / ±249)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
183 Total veterans ±86 178 Male ±85 5 Female ±8

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