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Hughes, AR

898 Population
2.3 square miles 396.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$21,926 ±$5,429 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,296 † ±$2,694
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$26,850 ±$15,924 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $41,784 ±$4,056
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

42.4% ±17.6% (381  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 27.8% † 5,503 (±3.5% / ±694)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

33 minutes ±6.8 (10,430  ±4,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 20.8 156,665 (±1.1 / ±13,341)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

411 ±84 Number of households
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 7,881 ±323
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.2 ±0.4 (898  ±246) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,811 (±0.1 / ±190)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

471 ±89 Number of housing units
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 9,583 ±103
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$74,000 ±$12,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $87,700 ±$5,872
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

4.9% ±4.3% (44  ±40) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.9% † 3,347 (±2.5% / ±560.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

83.6% ±8.2% (557  ±146.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 85.7% 13,832 (±4.7% / ±764)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
6.5% ±6.8% (43  ±46.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 12.9% † 2,083 (±2% / ±320.9)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.9% ±5.3% (44  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.5% † 986 (±1.1% / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
44 Total veterans ±41 44 Male ±41 N/A Female ±13

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