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West Memphis, AR

24,147 Population
28.8 square miles 837.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$22,608 ±$1,528 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $36,519 ±$516
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$41,860 ±$5,976 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,743 ±$928
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

27% ±3.8% (6,356  ±891) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.3% 214,970 (±0.5% / ±6,805)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

20.1 minutes ±1.6 (167,840  ±19,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 13,669,260 (±0.2 / ±168,206)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

9,560 ±348 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 517,674 ±1,864
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0.1 (23,615  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,320,055 (±0 / ±226)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

6.9% ±3% (405  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.1% 16,593 (±0.3% / ±1,067)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

11,279 ±323 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 576,520 ±214
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$119,100 ±$10,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $228,100 ±$2,631
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

17.5% ±3.6% (4,165  ±865.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 12.2% 161,146 (±0.5% / ±6,917.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

83.9% ±5.1% (12,992  ±838.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.5% 795,394 (±0.8% / ±7,269.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
14.8% ±2.4% (2,288  ±371.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 30.7% 273,241 (±0.5% / ±4,283.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.9% ±0.4% (216  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.1% 81,779
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.2% ±1.1% (927  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 65,907 (±0.2% / ±2,306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
927 Total veterans ±188 826 Male ±172 101 Female ±73

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