Chester vs Mountainburg

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Mountainburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester and Mountainburg are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountainburg has the higher population (630 vs 105 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($211,500 vs $78,400 in Mountainburg). Since 2019, Mountainburg's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs -4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Mountainburg
Population	105	630
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,250
Median home value	$211,500	$78,400
Median gross rent	$633	$709
Housing units	51	278
Homeownership rate	58.5%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	22.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Mountainburg
Population	110 → 105 (-4.5%)	579 → 630 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $34,375 (+50.0%)	$40,000 → $53,250 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $211,500 (+193.8%)	$71,700 → $78,400 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $633 (+2.1%)	$504 → $709 (+40.7%)

Chester

Population

110105

Median household income

$22,917$34,375

Median home value

$72,000$211,500

Median gross rent

$620$633

Mountainburg

Population

579630

Median household income

$40,000$53,250

Median home value

$71,700$78,400

Median gross rent

$504$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Mountainburg
Under 5	2.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.1%	25.9%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	27.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Mountainburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Mountainburg
No high school diploma	16.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Mountainburg
Drove alone	82.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Mountainburg
1-unit, detached	88.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Mountainburg
Poverty rate	22.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1979	1970