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El Dorado, AR

17,382 Population
16.2 square miles 1,072.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$25,624 ±$2,132 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $30,968 ±$1,961
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$45,159 ±$5,951 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $50,221 ±$4,191
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

23.9% ±5.2% (4,067  ±888) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 19.4% † 7,327 (±3.1% / ±1,154)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

15.6 minutes ±1.3 (99,905  ±11,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 19.2 287,365 (±1 / ±19,602)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

6,571 ±324 Number of households
  • the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 15,125 ±388
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.6 ±0.1 (16,943  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 2.5 37,781 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

4.8% ±2.8% (187  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 5.3% † 434 (±2.4% / ±196)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

7,854 ±334 Number of housing units
  • the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 18,663 ±33
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$113,100 ±$7,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $114,700 ±$6,546
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

11.5% ±3.1% (1,978  ±539) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 9% † 3,397 (±1.7% / ±641.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

86.8% ±6.3% (10,106  ±785.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 88% 23,050 (±4% / ±1,072.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
17% ±3% (1,976  ±349.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 18.9% 4,958 (±1.9% / ±495.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

3.9% ±1.6% (676  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 3.1% 1,192
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9.2% ±1.9% (1,201  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,211 (±1.1% / ±318)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,201 Total veterans ±247 1,139 Male ±242 62 Female ±75

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