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Searcy, AR

23,340 Population
18.3 square miles 1,274.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,824 ±$2,251 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $28,808 ±$1,349
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,170 ±$5,123 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $55,249 ±$3,850
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.8% ±3.8% (3,909  ±784) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 17.6% 13,137 (±1.5% / ±1,156)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±1.6 (145,160  ±17,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 22.4 694,655 (±1.4 / ±47,262)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,776 ±437 Number of households
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 29,629 ±598
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (20,711  ±83) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2.5 74,762 (±0.1 / ±68)
  • 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

8.5% ±3.2% (551  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,232 (±1.5% / ±277)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,016 ±472 Number of housing units
  • the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 33,900 ±66
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,500 ±$10,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: $163,600 ±$5,466
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.3% ±3% (4,851  ±692.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 13.9% † 10,679 (±1.5% / ±1,173.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±5.2% (12,437  ±822.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 87.1% 44,818 (±3.1% / ±1,577.5)
  • 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)
29.6% ±3.3% (4,054  ±470) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 20.4% 10,477 (±1.5% / ±767.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

3% ±1.2% (699  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 2.1% 1,614
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.1% (1,232  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Searcy, AR Micro Area: 7.4% † 4,397 (±0.8% / ±470)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,232 Total veterans ±200 1,181 Male ±186 51 Female ±45

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