Camden vs Chidester

A side-by-side comparison of Camden and Chidester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Camden has the higher population (10,427 vs 347 in Chidester). Camden has the higher median household income ($51,300 vs $21,641 in Chidester). Camden has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $73,400 in Chidester).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Chidester
Population	10,427	347
Median age	39.2 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,300	$21,641
Median home value	$108,800	$73,400
Median gross rent	$704	$389
Housing units	5,583	169
Homeownership rate	58.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Chidester
Population	10,999 → 10,427 (-5.2%)	283 → 347 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$30,199 → $51,300 (+69.9%)	$41,250 → $21,641 (-47.5%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $108,800 (+41.3%)	$55,000 → $73,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $704 (+37.8%)	$525 → $389 (-25.9%)

Camden

Population

10,99910,427

Median household income

$30,199$51,300

Median home value

$77,000$108,800

Median gross rent

$511$704

Chidester

Population

283347

Median household income

$41,250$21,641

Median home value

$55,000$73,400

Median gross rent

$525$389

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Chidester
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	22.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.7%
75 and over	8.0%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Chidester
White (non-Hispanic)	42.2%	28.0%
Black or African American	53.2%	70.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Chidester
No high school diploma	13.5%	20.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Chidester
Drove alone	83.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Chidester
1-unit, detached	78.5%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Chidester
Poverty rate	18.6%	48.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1969	1977