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Wheatley, AR

374 Population
3.1 square miles 121.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,305 ±$11,918 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,140 ±$1,819
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,607 ±$46,610 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $42,574 † ±$6,151
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±3.5% (14  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 28.5% † 5,553 (±4% / ±777)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±3.4 (2,695  ±1,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 23 165,395 (±1.9 / ±17,472)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

111 ±43 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
3.4 ±1.2 (374  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,437 (±0.1 / ±216)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

128 ±44 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

$170,800 ±$117,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $90,900 ±$7,692
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±11.3% (33  ±45.9) 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 three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±9.3% (219  ±87.7) 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)
4.9% ±14.1% (12  ±34.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.3% † 2,269 (±2.3% / ±358.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • less than a fifth 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

2.8% ±3% (7  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,005 (±1% / ±167)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±8 7 Male ±8 N/A Female ±13

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