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ArkadelphiaAR

Arkadelphia, AR is a 11K-resident city in Clark County with a median household income of $48,657.

Clark County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Arkadelphia, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Arkadelphia has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $179,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 6%
By size
$48,657
Median income (place)
$179,300
Median home (place)
28.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Arkadelphia

Arkadelphia posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Arkadelphia area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Arkadelphia

Where Arkadelphia income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,657 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Arkadelphia $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Arkadelphia, AR beyond the headline numbers

Arkadelphia sits inside Clark County, Arkansas, at roughly 34.12°N, -93.05°W. Population 10,745, $48,657 median household income. Median home value $179,300, median rent $814. Poverty rate 28.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Arkadelphia, 0 with an ER.

28.9% of Arkadelphia, AR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Arkadelphia costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 5.5% of Arkadelphia workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 22% in Arkadelphia, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Arkadelphia workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Arkadelphia's median age is 23.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Arkadelphia from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,745
Arkadelphia · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,657
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$179,300
-57% vs avg
Median Age (place)
23.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Clark County): Arkadelphia's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
21K-8%
Median Income
$52,034+59%
Median Home Value
$155,000+79%
Poverty Rate
21.6%-11%
Unemployment
3.8%-66%

Economics

Economics indicators for Arkadelphia, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$814/mo
Poverty Rate
28.9% +133% vs avg
Unemployment 4.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.8%
Work From Home 5.5%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 60.4%
African American 30.6%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.8%
Obesity
38.3%
High Blood Pressure
36%
Physical Inactivity
30.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
22%
Binge Drinking
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14%
Current Smoking
12.9%
Current Asthma
11.4%
Diabetes
11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.3%
Annual Checkup 78.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Arkadelphia?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Arkadelphia right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AR-ARKADELPHIA · Arkadelphia

Arkadelphia: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Arkadelphia; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Arkadelphia, AR? ▼
Arkadelphia, AR has a population of 10,745 people, located in Clark County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Arkadelphia? ▼
The median household income in Arkadelphia, AR is $48,657 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 28.9%.
What is the median home value in Arkadelphia? ▼
The median home value in Arkadelphia, AR is $179,300. Median rent is $814/month.
What are the top health concerns in Arkadelphia? ▼
The top health indicators in Arkadelphia include Short Sleep Duration (41.8%), Obesity (38.3%), High Blood Pressure (36%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Arkadelphia? ▼
Arkadelphia has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Arkadelphia? ▼
The median age in Arkadelphia, AR is 23.4 years. 32.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Arkadelphia, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (28.9% here).

Hammond, LA 28.9% Beckley, WV 28.9% Syracuse, NY 28.8% Port Arthur, TX 29%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($48,657 here).

Alice, TX $48,676 Spring Valley, CA $48,679 Lorain, OH $48,685 Rantoul, IL $48,691

Compare Arkadelphia with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Malvern, AR 11K Hot Springs, AR 36K Hot Springs Village, AR 13K Camden, AR 11K Benton, AR 34K Bryant, AR 20K Magnolia, AR 12K Little Rock, AR 203K
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Using Arkadelphia's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Arkadelphia area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Arkadelphia against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Clark County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.