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Mena, AR

5,605 Population
6.9 square miles 813.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 44.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,985 ±$8,732 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $32,243 † ±$3,240
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$50,875 ±$6,704 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $49,252 † ±$5,637
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

17.5% ±7.1% (958  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 19% † 3,611 (±3.9% / ±740)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

17.6 minutes ±3.7 (41,060  ±9,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 20.5 † 149,760 (±2.3 / ±18,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

2,249 ±202 Number of households
  • Polk County: 7,884 ±275
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.2 (5,455  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.4 19,198 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

15.1% ±9.4% (182  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 10.1% † 383 (±3.9% / ±148)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

2,712 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 9,647 ±31
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$114,200 ±$10,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $122,600 ±$7,486
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

17.7% ±5.9% (973  ±325.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 12.8% † 2,444 (±2.7% / ±512.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

92.7% ±9.7% (3,528  ±417) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 87.4% 11,836 (±4.9% / ±668.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
18.9% ±4.6% (719  ±180.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 17.2% † 2,330 (±2.1% / ±285)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.1% ±1.5% (117  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 3.4% 666
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.7% ±2.3% (255  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 9.3% † 1,393 (±1.5% / ±224)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
255 Total veterans ±102 246 Male ±100 9 Female ±17

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