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Helena-West Helena, AR

9,218 Population
13.1 square miles 702.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 39.9 ±1.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$19,219 ±$1,919 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $22,360 ±$1,413
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$32,466 ±$7,033 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $38,874 ±$3,809
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

32.4% ±5.1% (2,948  ±467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 28.7% † 4,534 (±3.2% / ±509)
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

22.6 minutes ±3.4 (59,130  ±12,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Phillips County: 21 † 101,220 (±2.2 / ±13,724)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

3,579 ±239 Number of households
  • Phillips County: 6,179 ±256
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0.2 (9,016  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 2.5 15,704 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

8.2% ±6% (167  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Phillips County: 7.9% † 272 (±3.7% / ±129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

5,082 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Phillips County: 8,386 ±32
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$72,300 ±$9,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Phillips County: $76,200 † ±$12,383
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

15.9% ±3.8% (1,445  ±347.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Phillips County: 15.3% † 2,395 (±3.2% / ±497.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

82.4% ±7.7% (4,955  ±518.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 82.6% 8,621 (±6% / ±637.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
14.3% ±3.4% (858  ±206.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 14.5% † 1,516 (±2.5% / ±257)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.9% ±1.6% (172  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Phillips County: 1.3% 199
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.2% ±1.8% (339  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Phillips County: 5.9% † 687 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
339 Total veterans ±119 321 Male ±116 18 Female ±24

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