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Searcy, AR

23,115 Population
18.3 square miles 1,262 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 38.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$27,810 ±$2,212 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $28,459 ±$1,515
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$50,896 ±$1,786 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $53,435 ±$4,396
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

19.9% ±3.9% (4,043  ±796) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 16.4% † 12,190 (±2% / ±1,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

16.6 minutes ±1.8 (146,295  ±18,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 23 708,600 (±1.3 / ±46,237)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

8,471 ±402 Number of households
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 28,945 ±616
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.1 (20,238  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2.6 74,140 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

7.7% ±3.4% (483  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,210 (±1.6% / ±301)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

9,843 ±453 Number of housing units
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 33,622 ±69
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$176,200 ±$11,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $159,600 ±$5,489
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

22.7% ±3.4% (5,111  ±762.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 15% † 11,451 (±1.9% / ±1,455.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

90.6% ±5.8% (11,794  ±852.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 86.8% 44,204 (±3.2% / ±1,634.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
29.4% ±3.4% (3,826  ±461.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 19.8% 10,091 (±1.6% / ±827.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

3% ±1% (696  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2% 1,509
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

6% ±1.3% (1,074  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 7.5% † 4,468 (±0.8% / ±475)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,074 Total veterans ±237 986 Male ±216 88 Female ±67

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