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McGehee School District, AR

5,960 Population
476.5 square miles 12.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Desha County: 41.2 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$25,961 ±$2,984 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Desha County: $22,848 ±$1,555
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$40,473 ±$7,672 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Desha County: $36,064 † ±$3,671
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

29.2% ±6.3% (1,724  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Desha County: 28.9% † 3,164 (±5% / ±545)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

19.1 minutes ±2.3 (41,650  ±6,984) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Desha County: 18.3 70,125 (±1.8 / ±8,567)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

2,570 ±198 Number of households
  • Desha County: 4,750 ±187
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.3 ±0.2 (5,910  ±309) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Desha County: 2.3 10,920 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

10% ±6.3% (113  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 8.4% † 195 (±4.5% / ±106)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

3,080 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Desha County: 5,812 ±30
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$91,200 ±$17,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Desha County: $89,100 † ±$12,335
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

10.9% ±3.9% (642  ±233.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 9.7% † 1,058 (±2.9% / ±312.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

78.4% ±6.2% (3,223  ±312.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Desha County: 77.9% 5,844 (±5.7% / ±431.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
14.9% ±3.3% (614  ±139.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 13% † 978 (±2.4% / ±179.1)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Desha County: 2.2% 241
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.9% ±2.3% (261  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 5.4% † 448 (±1.4% / ±117)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
261 Total veterans ±102 246 Male ±96 15 Female ±18

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