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Prescott, AR

3,032 Population
6.4 square miles 472.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada County: 44.9 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,077 ±$5,317 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada County: $25,763 ±$2,236
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,307 ±$8,610 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada County: $53,886 ±$4,782
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±12.3% (599  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada County: 20.3% † 1,618 (±5.9% / ±469)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±6.8 (28,735  ±10,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada County: 26.3 † 85,965 (±3.3 / ±12,973)
  • 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

1,271 ±177 Number of households
  • Nevada County: 3,251 ±244
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (2,847  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada County: 2.5 7,974 (±0.2 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±10.4% (42  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada County: 3.7% † 59 (±4.3% / ±68)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,700 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Nevada County: 4,308 ±29
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$82,400 ±$26,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada County: $83,300 † ±$9,088
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.8% ±11.9% (679  ±355.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada County: 12.9% † 1,040 (±4.9% / ±393.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±17.9% (1,699  ±347.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada County: 89.7% 4,983 (±8.1% / ±461.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±7.8% (310  ±140.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nevada County: 13.8% † 769 (±3.6% / ±198.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.5% (7  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Nevada County: 0.5% 38
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±5.2% (152  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada County: 8.9% † 562 (±2.7% / ±174)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
152 Total veterans ±118 148 Male ±118 4 Female ±7

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