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Charleston city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Charleston city is a Census city of 2,646 people across 3.83 square miles of land, in Franklin County. Median household income is $56,600, 72.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.7 m.
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Charleston
What Charleston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.83 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land690
- County holding the largest share of its areaFranklin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston
How many people live in Charleston
- Population2,646
- Median age37.6
- Population under 18784 plus or minus 178
- Share under 1829.6 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over519 plus or minus 134
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households1,040
- Family households639
- Share of households that are families61.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston
Income and work in Charleston
- Median household income$56,600 plus or minus $11,302
- Per capita income$27,303
- Civilian labor force1,159
- Employed1,140
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate1.6 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over1,663
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston
Housing in Charleston
- Housing units1,111
- Occupied units1,040
- Vacant units71 plus or minus 50
- Vacancy rate6.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied751
- Renter occupied289 plus or minus 92
- Ownership rate72.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$764
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units907
- Share single family81.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more168 plus or minus 59
- Share in buildings of two or more15.1 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Mobile homes36 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston
How Charleston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,051
- Commuting under 15 minutes239 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.7 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more693 plus or minus 160
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more65.9 percent
- Drove alone75.4 percent
- Carpooled15.8 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home7.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston
SBA loans in Charleston (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$12,695,200
- Average approval$2,115,867
- Median approval$2,515,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,862,000
- Largest approval$4,862,000
- Jobs supported67
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Franklin County, not Charleston
Franklin County context, not Charleston figures
These are Franklin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Charleston measurements.
- Establishments in Franklin County309
- Employment at those establishments, Franklin County4,429
- Covered employment, Franklin County4,972
- Average annual pay, Franklin County$44,454
- Average weekly wage, Franklin County$855
- Housing units permitted, Franklin County16
- Of those, single family, Franklin County16
- County product, 2024, Franklin County$688,949,000
- County product change over the prior year, Franklin County18.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Franklin County$46,978
Every figure in this section is published for Franklin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Charleston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Charleston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Charleston, Arkansas?
2,646, in 1,040 households. Charleston city covers 3.83 square miles of land, which is 690 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Charleston in?
Franklin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Charleston?
$56,600. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,300. Median gross rent is $764 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Charleston businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $12.7 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $2,515,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Charleston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Charleston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Charleston. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Charleston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Franklin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Charleston.
Is zoning published for Charleston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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