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El Dorado, AR

17,115 Population
16.2 square miles 1,056.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 41.4 ±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

$26,751 ±$2,414 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $30,883 ±$1,883
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,244 ±$6,926 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $55,259 ±$4,567
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.3% ±5% (3,900  ±838) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 19.6% † 7,286 (±2.5% / ±925)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±1.6 (99,005  ±13,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 20.1 296,680 (±1.4 / ±24,850)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,561 ±363 Number of households
  • the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 15,002 ±384
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (16,658  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 2.5 37,315 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±3.9% (338  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 6.8% † 550 (±2.5% / ±202)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,895 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 18,649 ±38
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,100 ±$10,729 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: $120,900 ±$7,707
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±3.1% (1,691  ±517.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 8% † 2,992 (±1.6% / ±592.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±5.9% (10,056  ±747.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 88.5% 22,934 (±3.9% / ±1,028.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±2.7% (1,965  ±322) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 19.1% 4,944 (±1.8% / ±475.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.8% ±1.4% (648  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 3% 1,137
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.9% (1,037  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Dorado, AR Micro Area: 7.2% † 2,083 (±1% / ±287)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,037 Total veterans ±245 986 Male ±236 51 Female ±61

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