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Rector, AR

1,631 Population
1.4 square miles 1,196.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$24,261 ±$2,533 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $27,614 ±$1,589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$41,534 ±$11,286 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $48,500 † ±$4,959
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

20.2% ±8.6% (326  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 17.2% † 2,449 (±2.8% / ±403)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

23.6 minutes ±4.5 (14,895  ±4,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 23.3 132,865 (±1.4 / ±11,462)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

805 ±118 Number of households
  • Clay County: 6,116 ±225
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2 ±0 (1,611  ±238) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Clay County: 2.3 14,295 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

13.3% ±7.3% (56  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 12.7% † 364 (±3.9% / ±111)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

967 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,499 ±35
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$82,500 ±$25,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $88,100 ±$5,996
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

18.4% ±8.3% (289  ±137.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 15.2% † 2,153 (±2.8% / ±398.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

75.6% ±8.4% (918  ±175.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 86.7% 8,897 (±4.6% / ±476)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
12.6% ±4.6% (153  ±60.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 15.6% † 1,604 (±2.1% / ±216.8)
  • about half 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

7% ±3.4% (95  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 8% † 905 (±1.5% / ±173)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
95 Total veterans ±48 85 Male ±46 10 Female ±15

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