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.
One of the benefits of Chariton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.78 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Chariton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Chariton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.02% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an 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.
