Branch vs Charleston

A side-by-side comparison of Branch and Charleston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charleston has the higher population (2,611 vs 335 in Branch). Charleston has the higher median household income ($60,058 vs $35,060 in Branch). Charleston has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $52,500 in Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Branch	Charleston
Population	335	2,611
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,060	$60,058
Median home value	$52,500	$116,500
Median gross rent	$730	$738
Housing units	186	1,189
Homeownership rate	86.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branch	Charleston
Population	306 → 335 (+9.5%)	2,581 → 2,611 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $35,060 (+20.2%)	$46,531 → $60,058 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $52,500 (-12.5%)	$92,000 → $116,500 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $730 (+14.4%)	$691 → $738 (+6.8%)

Branch

Population

306335

Median household income

$29,167$35,060

Median home value

$60,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$638$730

Charleston

Population

2,5812,611

Median household income

$46,531$60,058

Median home value

$92,000$116,500

Median gross rent

$691$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branch	Charleston
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	22.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	22.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.9%
75 and over	11.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branch	Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branch	Charleston
No high school diploma	12.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branch	Charleston
Drove alone	85.2%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branch	Charleston
1-unit, detached	77.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Branch	Charleston
Poverty rate	31.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1975	1980