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Shirley School District, AR

5,073 Population
89.7 square miles 56.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Van Buren County: 49.6 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,995 ±$4,323 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Van Buren County: $28,312 ±$1,979
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,728 ±$10,816 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Van Buren County: $50,354 † ±$5,963
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.5% ±4.5% (734  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Van Buren County: 19.1% † 3,021 (±3.4% / ±537)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±8.5 (41,680  ±9,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Van Buren County: 33.2 † 171,595 (±4 / ±25,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,584 ±311 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 7,432 ±318
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,049  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 2.1 15,815 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11% ±11% (75  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Van Buren County: 5.7% † 153 (±3% / ±80)
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,403 ±277 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 9,725 ±26
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,300 ±$31,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Van Buren County: $135,700 † ±$14,910
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±2.7% (345  ±142.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Van Buren County: 7.7% † 1,218 (±2% / ±316)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±13.5% (3,408  ±357.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Van Buren County: 87.3% 10,431 (±4.8% / ±576)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±3.3% (793  ±157.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Van Buren County: 15% † 1,793 (±2% / ±244.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-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

2.1% ±1.2% (105  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 1.9% 304
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.9% ±2.8% (585  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 11.1% † 1,429 (±1.6% / ±212)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
585 Total veterans ±136 541 Male ±125 44 Female ±33

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