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Walnut Ridge, AR

5,440 Population
16.7 square miles 325.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 39.8 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,512 ±$3,436 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lawrence County: $26,104 ±$1,448
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$47,612 ±$7,442 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $44,164 ±$4,056
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

21.9% ±7.2% (1,068  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 18.2% † 2,854 (±2.8% / ±443)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

23.6 minutes ±3.1 (52,905  ±8,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 26.8 164,735 (±2 / ±14,462)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

2,050 ±152 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 6,437 ±187
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.2 (4,859  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 2.4 15,669 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

7.6% ±6% (92  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 6.6% † 231 (±2.5% / ±88)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

2,394 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 7,585 ±38
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$104,500 ±$23,413 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $91,100 ±$6,431
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

12.4% ±5.2% (664  ±276.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Lawrence County: 13.1% † 2,113 (±2.4% / ±385.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

82.9% ±9.5% (2,864  ±360.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 82.4% 9,003 (±4.4% / ±489.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
21.4% ±5.3% (738  ±188.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 14% † 1,534 (±2.1% / ±228.9)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.8% (60  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lawrence County: 0.8% 136
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

7.3% ±3.4% (313  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 6.6% † 825 (±1.2% / ±150)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
313 Total veterans ±144 263 Male ±128 50 Female ±57

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