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Black Oak, AR

179 Population
0.4 square miles 428 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±21.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,559 ±$10,212 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $32,407 ±$1,258
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,643 ±$17,604 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $56,738 ±$2,935
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.6% ±22.1% (40  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.1% 26,471 (±1.7% / ±2,236)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±28.1 (2,035  ±1,505) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.3 1,142,050 (±0.4 / ±35,607)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

76 ±38 Number of households
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 53,229 ±734
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (179  ±97) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 2.5 132,147 (±0 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±4.7% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 5.1% † 1,745 (±1% / ±324)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

91 ±40 Number of housing units
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 59,334 ±61
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,400 ±$13,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $192,200 ±$7,249
  • about one-third of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±12.5% (21  ±24.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 16.9% 22,728 (±1.5% / ±1,989.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

68.9% ±31.8% (73  ±46.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 88.6% 77,941 (±2.5% / ±2,235.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.5% ±33.5% (27  ±37.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 26.5% 23,289 (±1.5% / ±1,344.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

11.2% ±12% (20  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 3.3% 4,496
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±8.5% (9  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 6.1% 6,202 (±0.6% / ±563)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±11 9 Male ±11 N/A Female ±13

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