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Helena-West Helena, AR

8,935 Population
13.1 square miles 681.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Phillips County: 40.9 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$18,871 ±$1,811 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $22,343 ±$1,567
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$36,019 ±$7,469 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $40,134 † ±$4,740
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

31.7% ±5.5% (2,795  ±485) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 29.4% † 4,500 (±3.4% / ±523)
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

20.3 minutes ±3.3 (51,435  ±11,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 19.9 † 92,025 (±2 / ±13,241)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

3,440 ±216 Number of households
  • Phillips County: 6,023 ±273
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.5 ±0.2 (8,726  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 2.5 15,235 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

7.8% ±5.6% (153  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Phillips County: 8.4% † 282 (±3.5% / ±117)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

5,022 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Phillips County: 8,355 ±20
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$73,200 ±$17,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Phillips County: $78,200 † ±$15,001
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

17.2% ±4.8% (1,515  ±423.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 14.9% † 2,260 (±3.3% / ±503.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

81.2% ±8.3% (4,710  ±528.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 80.8% 8,234 (±6.1% / ±622.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
15.3% ±3.9% (889  ±229.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 15% † 1,528 (±2.6% / ±263.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

2.2% ±2% (194  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Phillips County: 1.5% 236
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

4.6% ±1.8% (295  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Phillips County: 5.5% † 626 (±1.2% / ±139)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
295 Total veterans ±113 266 Male ±101 29 Female ±36

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