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Van Buren, AR

23,763 Population
15.5 square miles 1,535 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • 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

$29,398 ±$2,355 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $32,511 ±$1,682
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,149 ±$3,178 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $58,468 ±$1,723
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±3.2% (3,574  ±742) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 16.4% 37,015 (±0.9% / ±2,020)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±1.6 (195,480  ±20,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.5 1,974,365 (±0.5 / ±57,606)
  • 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

9,149 ±332 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,992 ±773
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (23,403  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 226,870 (±0 / ±50)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±3.5% (465  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,550 (±0.9% / ±482)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,862 ±308 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 101,458 ±119
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,500 ±$15,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $171,200 ±$3,507
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±3.2% (2,750  ±742.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.3% 30,236 (±0.8% / ±1,853.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±5.4% (14,127  ±944.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.8% 133,378 (±1.6% / ±2,535.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.9% ±3.2% (3,369  ±518.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21% 32,690 (±0.9% / ±1,360.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.6% ±1.5% (2,054  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% 15,076
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1.6% (1,520  ±286) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.2% 14,373 (±0.5% / ±786)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,520 Total veterans ±286 1,427 Male ±283 93 Female ±61

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