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Kensett, AR

1,937 Population
1.9 square miles 1,038.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±9.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • 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

$18,207 ±$3,795 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $28,808 ±$1,349
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,207 ±$8,381 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $55,249 ±$3,850
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28% ±11.2% (543  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 17.6% 13,137 (±1.5% / ±1,156)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±3.8 (12,330  ±3,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 22.4 694,655 (±1.4 / ±47,262)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

668 ±165 Number of households
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 29,629 ±598
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.9 (1,937  ±408) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2.5 74,762 (±0.1 / ±68)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.9% ±17.2% (53  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,232 (±1.5% / ±277)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

746 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 33,900 ±66
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$90,400 ±$17,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $163,600 ±$5,466
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±8.3% (212  ±165.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 13.9% † 10,679 (±1.5% / ±1,173.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.1% ±9.1% (945  ±233.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 87.1% 44,818 (±3.1% / ±1,577.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.1% ±3% (40  ±39.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 20.4% 10,477 (±1.5% / ±767.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about 10 percent 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

9.8% ±6.8% (189  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2.1% 1,614
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±1.7% (66  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 7.4% † 4,397 (±0.8% / ±470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
66 Total veterans ±28 53 Male ±25 13 Female ±17

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