Chidester vs Stephens

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

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

Stephens has the higher population (916 vs 347 in Chidester). Stephens has the higher median household income ($37,361 vs $21,641 in Chidester). Chidester has the higher median home value ($73,400 vs $52,900 in Stephens).

Population, income & housing

	Chidester	Stephens
Population	347	916
Median age	52.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,641	$37,361
Median home value	$73,400	$52,900
Median gross rent	$389	$416
Housing units	169	417
Homeownership rate	69.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chidester	Stephens
Population	283 → 347 (+22.6%)	901 → 916 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $21,641 (-47.5%)	$30,192 → $37,361 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $73,400 (+33.5%)	$43,100 → $52,900 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $389 (-25.9%)	$330 → $416 (+26.1%)

Chidester

Population

283347

Median household income

$41,250$21,641

Median home value

$55,000$73,400

Median gross rent

$525$389

Stephens

Population

901916

Median household income

$30,192$37,361

Median home value

$43,100$52,900

Median gross rent

$330$416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chidester	Stephens
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	0.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	4.0%	4.4%
45 to 54	22.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	15.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chidester	Stephens
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	43.7%
Black or African American	70.0%	52.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chidester	Stephens
No high school diploma	20.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chidester	Stephens
Drove alone	83.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	2.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chidester	Stephens
1-unit, detached	68.6%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Chidester	Stephens
Poverty rate	48.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.92	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1977	1961