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Dierks, AR

728 Population
1.9 square miles 379.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±16 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Howard County: 38.8 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,512 ±$5,202 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Howard County: $25,569 ±$1,852
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$22,188 ±$5,654 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Howard County: $45,603 † ±$5,800
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

52.9% ±20.1% (361  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Howard County: 22.5% † 2,795 (±4.4% / ±542)
  • more than double 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)

25.7 minutes ±5.3 (4,375  ±2,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Howard County: 19.8 98,290 (±1.8 / ±10,581)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

367 ±109 Number of households
  • Howard County: 5,098 ±214
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0 (682  ±203) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Howard County: 2.4 12,401 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

29% ±24.9% (27  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Howard County: 6.5% † 189 (±3% / ±88)
  • 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

464 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Howard County: 6,173 ±30
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$100,200 ±$47,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Howard County: $153,900 † ±$16,888
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.7% ±19.2% (211  ±147.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Howard County: 7.8% † 962 (±2.5% / ±310.3)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±9.9% (471  ±132.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Howard County: 87.7% 7,294 (±5.8% / ±498.1)
  • a little less than 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)
19.1% ±11.7% (108  ±71.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 16.2% † 1,349 (±2.9% / ±240.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±1.5% (6  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Howard County: 5.8% 727
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±4.7% (37  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 5.4% † 507 (±1.5% / ±143)
  • 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)
37 Total veterans ±29 37 Male ±29 N/A Female ±13

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