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West Memphis, AR

23,929 Population
29.8 square miles 802.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,339 ±$1,227 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $37,885 ±$531
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,674 ±$6,475 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $66,401 ±$885
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±3.9% (6,826  ±912) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.6% 218,212 (±0.5% / ±6,412)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±2 (162,685  ±19,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.3 13,453,315 (±0.3 / ±194,957)
  • 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

9,376 ±350 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 522,879 ±1,921
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (23,363  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,321,279 (±0 / ±268)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2% (297  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.2% 17,080 (±0.4% / ±1,260)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,152 ±339 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 580,185 ±204
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,100 ±$6,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $245,900 ±$2,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±3.5% (3,907  ±835.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.6% 153,253 (±0.5% / ±6,288.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.8% ±5.2% (12,804  ±870.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.6% 798,402 (±0.9% / ±8,140)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.9% ±2.5% (2,123  ±378.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31% 276,416 (±0.5% / ±4,564.8)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-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

2.2% ±0.9% (516  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 84,595
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1% (841  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 63,169 (±0.2% / ±2,390)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
841 Total veterans ±176 725 Male ±164 116 Female ±81

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