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Palestine-Wheatley School District, AR

2,070 Population
154.6 square miles 13.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Francis County: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$27,720 ±$4,384 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in St. Francis County: $22,296 † ±$2,694
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$47,064 ±$5,215 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Francis County: $41,784 ±$4,056
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

13.5% ±5.1% (279  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in St. Francis County: 27.8% † 5,503 (±3.5% / ±694)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

25.9 minutes ±5.8 (21,725  ±6,227) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in St. Francis County: 20.8 156,665 (±1.1 / ±13,341)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

755 ±129 Number of households
  • St. Francis County: 7,881 ±323
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.7 ±0.6 (2,070  ±330) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Francis County: 2.5 19,811 (±0.1 / ±190)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

3.9% ±4.7% (14  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in St. Francis County: 8.7% † 347 (±4.1% / ±162)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

897 ±132 Number of housing units
  • St. Francis County: 9,583 ±103
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$94,600 ±$11,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Francis County: $87,700 ±$5,872
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

7.5% ±3.6% (153  ±77.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in St. Francis County: 14.9% † 3,347 (±2.5% / ±560.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

89.8% ±20.3% (1,203  ±182.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Francis County: 85.7% 13,832 (±4.7% / ±764)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
12% ±5.8% (161  ±81.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Francis County: 12.9% † 2,083 (±2% / ±320.9)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

6.5% ±2.7% (96  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Francis County: 5.5% † 986 (±1.1% / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
96 Total veterans ±42 91 Male ±41 5 Female ±9

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