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Baxter County, AR

41,801 Population
553.9 square miles 75.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,264 ±$2,440 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $31,868 ±$310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$47,403 ±$2,413 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $56,335 ±$422
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

13.5% ±1.9% (5,587  ±770) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16.2% 475,729 (±0.2% / ±6,881)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

17.4 minutes ±0.8 (248,825  ±17,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.2 26,944,420 (±0.1 / ±228,478)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

19,021 ±406 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,171,694 ±4,301
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.1 (41,375  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,935,589
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.8% ±2.1% (346  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,255 (±0.2% / ±1,692)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

22,747 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,371,709 ±540
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$155,600 ±$5,597 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $162,400 ±$1,008
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

14.7% ±2.2% (6,096  ±,891.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.7% 409,064 (±0.3% / ±7,515.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.6% ±3.7% (28,664  ±1,177.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.2% 1,792,192 (±0.5% / ±10,327.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
18.2% ±1.8% (5,808  ±,564.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 24.7% 501,979 (±0.3% / ±5,675.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

2.2% (908  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5% 151,781
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

13.7% ±1.4% (4,706  ±474) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.9% 182,399 (±0.1% / ±2,840)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
4,706 Total veterans ±474 4,358 Male ±432 348 Female ±146

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