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.
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 15.00 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 12.57% 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 2022 was $27,795, 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 $111,180 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, Irish, English, Dutch, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Chariton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
