Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Chariton is worth considering.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.78 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Chariton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Chariton, just 12.02% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Chariton in 2018 was $25,811, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,244 for a family of four. However, Chariton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chariton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chariton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chariton include German, English, Irish, European, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Chariton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
