About St. Charles

St. Charles is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 256 people and just one neighborhood, St. Charles is the 247th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some towns , St. Charles isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Charles are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Charles is a town of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Charles who work in management occupations (11.83%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.68%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.68%).

You will also find that a lot of people in St. Charles work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

St. Charles is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around St. Charles, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.74% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, St. Charles does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

St. Charles Information and Demographics

In St. Charles, just 10.56% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in St. Charles in 2000 was $13,481, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $53,924 for a family of four.

The people who call St. Charles home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in St. Charles is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Charles include English, Irish, German, and European.

The most common language spoken in St. Charles is English. Some people also speak Spanish.