About Chidester

Chidester is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,474 people and just one neighborhood, Chidester is the 185th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Chidester is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.2% of the Chidester workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Chidester is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chidester who work in sales jobs (9.87%), healthcare (7.85%), and teaching (6.50%).

In Chidester, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Chidester 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 Chidester, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.13% 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, Chidester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Chidester Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Chidester with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chidester in 2000 was $14,667, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,668 for a family of four.

Chidester is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chidester home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chidester is African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chidester include English, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Chidester is English.