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Walnut Ridge, AR Urban Area

6,850 Population
5.1 square miles 1,331.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,436 ±$3,235 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,425 ±$5,703 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.4% ±4.7% (1,638  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±2.2 (71,860  ±9,342) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,960 ±165 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (6,673  ±182) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±4.1% (110  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,295 ±155 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,200 ±$7,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±4.3% (758  ±289.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.9% ±7.4% (3,846  ±385.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±3.7% (728  ±179.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

0.9% ±0.7% (62  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2% (251  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
251 Total veterans ±107 208 Male ±96 43 Female ±40

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