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Desha, AR

908 Population
2.3 square miles 400.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±32.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,083 ±$6,224 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: $30,007 † ±$3,120
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$77,768 ±$11,464 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: $56,009 ±$4,703
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

11.1% ±6% (97  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 19.6% † 7,287 (±2.9% / ±1,093)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

48.6 minutes ±40.7 (26,255  ±26,247) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 20.2 † 311,180 (±2.1 / ±36,608)
  • more than double the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

405 ±200 Number of households
  • the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 14,515 ±414
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.2 ±0.6 (908  ±503) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 2.6 37,103 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

35.4% ±46% (57  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 6.2% † 527 (±2% / ±168)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

471 ±201 Number of housing units
  • the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 16,740 ±27
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$143,300 ±$62,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: $120,500 ±$7,841
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

19.4% ±8.2% (168  ±114.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 9.2% † 3,442 (±1.8% / ±668.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

79.2% ±55% (468  ±211.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 87.5% 22,191 (±4.3% / ±1,107.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
11.7% ±9.9% (69  ±68.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 16.9% † 4,279 (±1.9% / ±491)
  • 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

8.7% ±8.8% (79  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 3.9% 1,473
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

2.2% ±3.5% (15  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Batesville, AR Micro Area: 7.2% † 2,066 (±1% / ±300)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
15 Total veterans ±25 15 Male ±25 N/A Female ±13

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