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Ash Flat, AR

1,309 Population
6.4 square miles 205.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sharp County: 47.5 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$22,829 ±$5,231 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sharp County: $26,959 † ±$4,608
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$48,036 ±$10,953 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sharp County: $42,950 † ±$4,376
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

16.1% ±3.9% (180  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sharp County: 17.4% † 2,997 (±3.2% / ±553)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

14.3 minutes ±7.1 (5,840  ±2,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Sharp County: 27 153,615 (±2 / ±15,272)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

450 ±87 Number of households
  • Sharp County: 6,810 ±322
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.3 (1,094  ±257) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sharp County: 2.6 17,388 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

6.9% ±9.5% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sharp County: 7.4% † 238 (±2.9% / ±92)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

507 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Sharp County: 9,515 ±47
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$87,200 ±$27,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sharp County: $94,600 ±$8,082
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

13.4% ±6.2% (173  ±86.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sharp County: 9.9% † 1,724 (±2.4% / ±422.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

87.2% ±21.3% (944  ±159.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sharp County: 85.4% 10,884 (±4.9% / ±626.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
11.8% ±4.7% (128  ±55.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sharp County: 11.9% † 1,521 (±2.1% / ±270.8)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.5% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Sharp County: 1.2% 203
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

6.7% ±3.6% (74  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sharp County: 9.7% † 1,349 (±1.4% / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
74 Total veterans ±42 74 Male ±42 N/A Female ±13

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