Chidester is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 245 people and just one neighborhood, Chidester is the 284th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Chidester, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.10% of Chidester’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Chidester is a city of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chidester who work in community and social services (15.93%), office and administrative support (10.62%), and farm management occupations (9.73%).
Overall, Chidester’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Chidester has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chidester a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Chidester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.74 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Chidester doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Chidester ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.63% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chidester in 2022 was $14,459, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,836 for a family of four. Chidester also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.64% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Chidester is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chidester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chidester residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chidester include German, Danish, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Chidester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 37.1%, which is higher than 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.6% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Arkansas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Arkansas.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Chidester are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 53.4% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 52.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (10.5%), and 9.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Chidester, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report English roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.