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Hope, AR

8,671 Population
10.7 square miles 811.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hempstead County: 41.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,321 ±$10,652 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hempstead County: $28,673 † ±$4,709
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,500 ±$6,412 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hempstead County: $46,787 ±$3,777
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.4% ±5.7% (1,977  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hempstead County: 20.2% † 3,889 (±2.9% / ±553)
  • 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)

19.4 minutes ±2.9 (61,720  ±11,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hempstead County: 21.2 147,630 (±1.7 / ±15,823)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,522 ±318 Number of households
  • Hempstead County: 7,479 ±306
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,379  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hempstead County: 2.6 19,186 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2.9% (59  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hempstead County: 4.5% † 189 (±2.2% / ±94)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,229 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Hempstead County: 9,642 ±34
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,900 ±$5,705 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hempstead County: $105,700 † ±$12,085
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±4.5% (1,093  ±391) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hempstead County: 9.8% † 1,899 (±2.5% / ±491.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.2% ±7.8% (4,566  ±502.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hempstead County: 82.4% 10,834 (±5% / ±676.9)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
14.2% ±3.8% (806  ±218.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hempstead County: 16.3% † 2,148 (±2.4% / ±311.2)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

10% ±2.3% (868  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hempstead County: 7.8% 1,521
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±2.2% (254  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hempstead County: 5.2% † 753 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
254 Total veterans ±143 242 Male ±142 12 Female ±17

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