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72450

40,807 Population
285.3 square miles 143 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 38 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$28,842 ±$1,114 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $28,951 ±$1,030
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$57,725 ±$4,258 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $57,839 ±$3,888
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

18% ±2.7% (7,127  ±1,056) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17.4% † 7,874 (±2.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

22.5 minutes ±1.6 (374,835  ±31,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 22.8 434,205 (±1.5 / ±33,985)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

15,681 ±413 Number of households
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17,994 ±358
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.6 ±0.1 (40,083  ±691) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 2.5 45,708 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

5.6% ±1.9% (542  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 5.4% † 579 (±1.7% / ±183)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

16,859 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 19,603 ±43
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$178,100 ±$8,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $169,300 ±$8,382
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

17.9% ±2.8% (7,221  ±1,135.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17.4% † 7,999 (±2.6% / ±1,196.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

86.8% ±3.7% (23,934  ±1,092.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 86.8% 27,301 (±3.6% / ±1,149.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
16.8% ±1.7% (4,632  ±471.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 16.9% 5,316 (±1.7% / ±521.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

1.4% ±0.7% (579  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 1.4% 639
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

7.1% ±1.2% (2,215  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,608 (±1.1% / ±390)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
2,215 Total veterans ±362 2,024 Male ±334 191 Female ±131

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