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3,491 Population
194.2 square miles 18 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$25,636 ±$3,293 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,140 ±$1,819
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$41,310 ±$8,724 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $42,574 † ±$6,151
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

21.6% ±7.1% (736  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 28.5% † 5,553 (±4% / ±777)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

29 minutes ±6.2 (35,180  ±9,004) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 23 165,395 (±1.9 / ±17,472)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

1,508 ±170 Number of households
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 7,783 ±327
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.3 ±0.3 (3,424  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,437 (±0.1 / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

18.9% ±10.4% (112  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 10% † 401 (±5.1% / ±203)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

1,951 ±153 Number of housing units
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 9,570 ±88
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$94,200 ±$4,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $90,900 ±$7,692
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

8.6% ±5.2% (296  ±181.3) 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)

Social

78.8% ±9.2% (1,949  ±279.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 85.9% 13,684 (±4.7% / ±741.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
12.3% ±5.1% (304  ±129.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.3% † 2,269 (±2.3% / ±358.3)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

1.3% ±1.2% (44  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.2% 492
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

3.9% ±2.6% (103  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,005 (±1% / ±167)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
103 Total veterans ±71 98 Male ±71 5 Female ±7

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