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West Memphis School District, AR

25,443 Population
330.8 square miles 76.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Crittenden County: 36 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$23,741 ±$1,380 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crittenden County: $28,221 ±$1,480
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$41,437 ±$4,371 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Crittenden County: $54,271 ±$3,330
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

27.4% ±3.3% (6,877  ±874) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Crittenden County: 20.7% † 9,684 (±2.3% / ±1,096)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

22.6 minutes ±1.9 (204,995  ±25,674) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Crittenden County: 22 406,655 (±0.8 / ±22,292)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

10,360 ±416 Number of households
  • Crittenden County: 18,338 ±338
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.1 (25,031  ±914) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Crittenden County: 2.6 46,894 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

5% ±2.3% (286  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Crittenden County: 6.6% † 759 (±2% / ±228)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

12,430 ±426 Number of housing units
  • Crittenden County: 21,367 ±35
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$117,900 ±$10,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Crittenden County: $155,100 ±$5,964
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

16% ±3.3% (4,037  ±849.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Crittenden County: 15.1% † 7,077 (±2.1% / ±977.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

83.5% ±3.8% (13,941  ±838.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Crittenden County: 85.3% 25,956 (±3.5% / ±1,055.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
15% ±2.1% (2,504  ±358.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crittenden County: 17.2% 5,233 (±1.6% / ±490.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

1% ±0.5% (253  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Crittenden County: 1.8% 839
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.5% ±1.2% (1,037  ±238) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Crittenden County: 5.6% † 1,933 (±0.8% / ±291)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,037 Total veterans ±238 936 Male ±212 101 Female ±73

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