Chester vs Uniontown

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

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

Uniontown has the higher population (136 vs 105 in Chester). Since 2019, Uniontown's population has grown faster (+103.0% vs -4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Uniontown
Population	105	136
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median home value	$211,500	—
Median gross rent	$633	—
Housing units	51	90
Homeownership rate	58.5%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	22.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Uniontown
Population	110 → 105 (-4.5%)	67 → 136 (+103.0%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $34,375 (+50.0%)	—
Median home value	$72,000 → $211,500 (+193.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$620 → $633 (+2.1%)	—

Chester

Population

110105

Median household income

$22,917$34,375

Median home value

$72,000$211,500

Median gross rent

$620$633

Uniontown

Population

67136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Uniontown
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.9%	65.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	27.6%	34.6%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Uniontown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Uniontown
No high school diploma	16.2%	65.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Uniontown
Drove alone	82.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Uniontown
1-unit, detached	88.2%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	52.2%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Uniontown
Poverty rate	22.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1979	—