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Cove, AR

462 Population
1.6 square miles 289.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±10 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 44.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,577 ±$3,408 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $28,986 ±$2,253
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,688 ±$30,196 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $49,191 † ±$5,643
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±12.3% (103  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 15.9% † 3,034 (±3.1% / ±586)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42.3 minutes ±37.8 (9,810  ±9,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in Polk County: 21 † 153,925 (±2.1 / ±18,335)
  • nearly double the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

169 ±43 Number of households
  • Polk County: 7,898 ±286
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.6 (462  ±150) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 19,211 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

30.8% ±19.3% (37  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 9.9% † 392 (±3.1% / ±124)
  • 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

223 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 9,643 ±27
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$75,000 ±$29,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Polk County: $138,400 † ±$17,969
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19% ±13.4% (84  ±65.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 12.5% † 2,388 (±2.7% / ±522.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±31.6% (269  ±69.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 86.3% 11,674 (±5% / ±684)
  • 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)
9.1% ±10.2% (30  ±34.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 17.8% † 2,403 (±2.5% / ±343.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.4% ±1.1% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Polk County: 2.6% 508
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±4.1% (22  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 8.6% † 1,286 (±1.5% / ±228)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
22 Total veterans ±16 22 Male ±16 N/A Female ±13

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