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Palestine, AR

800 Population
3.4 square miles 235 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,980 ±$4,716 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,140 ±$1,819
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,090 ±$3,848 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $42,574 † ±$6,151
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±11.7% (221  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 28.5% † 5,553 (±4% / ±777)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±2.4 (4,585  ±1,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 23 165,395 (±1.9 / ±17,472)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

299 ±72 Number of households
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 7,783 ±327
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (800  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,437 (±0.1 / ±216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

312 ±75 Number of housing units
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 9,570 ±88
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$67,900 ±$11,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $90,900 ±$7,692
  • about one-third of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±7.2% (66  ±59.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14% † 3,099 (±2.6% / ±567.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±10.6% (436  ±114.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 85.9% 13,684 (±4.7% / ±741.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.6% ±10.7% (51  ±52.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.3% † 2,269 (±2.3% / ±358.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.4% ±3.1% (23  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,005 (±1% / ±167)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
23 Total veterans ±17 23 Male ±17 N/A Female ±13

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