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Brinkley, AR

2,596 Population
5.7 square miles 456.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 45.5 ±3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,793 ±$3,809 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $27,317 † ±$3,338
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,996 ±$6,920 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $43,214 † ±$7,341
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±9.9% (651  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 20.6% † 1,332 (±4.6% / ±300)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±5.3 (25,270  ±6,446) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Monroe County: 29.2 † 65,095 (±3.3 / ±9,611)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,202 ±163 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 2,790 ±160
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (2,529  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.3 6,506 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

22.2% ±12.1% (112  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Monroe County: 10.4% † 126 (±5.7% / ±69)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,580 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 3,829 ±14
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,000 ±$5,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Monroe County: $88,700 ±$5,437
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±6.9% (243  ±176.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 11.2% † 734 (±4% / ±262)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.8% ±11.8% (1,512  ±252.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 81.7% 3,774 (±7% / ±333.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14% ±6.4% (266  ±123.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 12.7% † 587 (±3.1% / ±144.9)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1.6% (44  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monroe County: 1.3% 85
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±3% (77  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 6.5% † 327 (±1.9% / ±94)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±62 77 Male ±62 N/A Female ±13

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