It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chariton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chariton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chariton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chariton may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Chariton spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.78 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Chariton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Chariton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chariton in 2022 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.
