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Charleston, AR

2,646 Population
3.8 square miles 690.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 42.3 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,303 ±$3,270 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $29,603 ±$2,568
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,600 ±$11,302 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $55,886 † ±$7,278
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.9% ±4% (253  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 18% † 3,068 (±3.7% / ±633)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.2 minutes ±9 (36,990  ±10,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Franklin County: 23.2 159,600 (±1.9 / ±16,096)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,040 ±112 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 7,048 ±198
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,546  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 16,991 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±5.9% (27  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 8.6% † 314 (±4.5% / ±164)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,111 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 7,757 ±25
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,300 ±$19,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $130,800 † ±$20,618
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±4.5% (237  ±118.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 11.5% † 1,979 (±4.1% / ±700)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±10.2% (1,507  ±211.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 87.3% 10,652 (±5.5% / ±671.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±6.6% (358  ±113.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 14.5% † 1,770 (±2.2% / ±267.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% ±1.2% (33  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 1.5% 261
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±4.7% (177  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.4% † 1,404 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
177 Total veterans ±88 170 Male ±86 7 Female ±10

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