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Van Buren, AR

23,545 Population
15.5 square miles 1,521.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$27,863 ±$2,201 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $31,368 ±$1,557
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$59,420 ±$2,669 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $56,717 ±$1,803
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

16.3% ±3.2% (3,757  ±748) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 17.1% 38,524 (±1.2% / ±2,606)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

18.7 minutes ±1.1 (175,465  ±15,755) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.6 1,971,355 (±0.4 / ±50,567)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

8,781 ±305 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,129 ±715
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.6 ±0.1 (23,155  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 225,804 (±0 / ±60)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

8.5% ±3.1% (471  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% † 3,408 (±1.1% / ±555)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

9,514 ±305 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 100,960 ±104
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$178,000 ±$18,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $160,100 ±$4,013
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

13.9% ±2.9% (3,229  ±683.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.6% 30,721 (±0.9% / ±2,100.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

87% ±5.5% (13,866  ±959.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.5% 132,297 (±1.7% / ±2,667.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
19.8% ±3.3% (3,154  ±532.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.4% 33,156 (±1% / ±1,542)
  • about 80 percent 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

8% ±1.4% (1,872  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.4% 14,597
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9% ±1.7% (1,593  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.7% 15,142 (±0.5% / ±809)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,593 Total veterans ±308 1,483 Male ±299 110 Female ±70

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