City safety & data profile

BlythevilleAR

Blytheville, AR is a 15K-resident city in Mississippi County with a median household income of $47,865.

Mississippi County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Blytheville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Blytheville has a population larger than 26% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $119,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 27%
By size
$47,865
Median income (place)
$119,000
Median home (place)
24.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Blytheville

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

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

Where Blytheville income ranks nationally

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

$47,865 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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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 Blytheville, AR beyond the headline numbers

Blytheville sits inside Mississippi County, Arkansas, at roughly 35.93°N, -89.92°W. Population 14,694, $47,865 median household income. Median home value $119,000, median rent $855. Poverty rate 24.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Blytheville, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

24.2% of Blytheville, 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.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Blytheville runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 2.4% of Blytheville 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, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 49.3% in Blytheville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Blytheville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.3 years, Blytheville's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Blytheville 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)
14,694
Blytheville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,865
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$119,000
-71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Mississippi County): Blytheville'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
39K-15%
Median Income
$52,548+44%
Median Home Value
$122,500+63%
Poverty Rate
21.1%-15%
Unemployment
6.9%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Blytheville, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$855/mo
Poverty Rate
24.2% +95% vs avg
Unemployment 9.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.7%
Work From Home 2.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 33.8%
African American 58.4%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
49.4%
High Blood Pressure
49.3%
Short Sleep Duration
48.5%
Physical Inactivity
38.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.3%
Current Smoking
18.9%
Diabetes
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.7%
Binge Drinking
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 46.1%
Annual Checkup 81.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.1%
Stroke
5.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
BLYTHEVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Blytheville?

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

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Blytheville: 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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Blytheville, AR? ▼
Blytheville, AR has a population of 14,694 people, located in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Blytheville? ▼
The median household income in Blytheville, AR is $47,865 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.2%.
What is the median home value in Blytheville? ▼
The median home value in Blytheville, AR is $119,000. Median rent is $855/month.
What are the top health concerns in Blytheville? ▼
The top health indicators in Blytheville include Obesity (49.4%), High Blood Pressure (49.3%), Short Sleep Duration (48.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Blytheville? ▼
Blytheville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Blytheville? ▼
The median age in Blytheville, AR is 42.3 years. 16.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (24.2% here).

Ferguson, MO 24.2% Federal Heights, CO 24.2% Muskogee, OK 24.1% Zanesville, OH 24.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($47,865 here).

Marietta, OH $47,873 Syracuse, NY $47,819 Morristown, TN $47,917 Centralia, IL $47,807

Compare Blytheville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Kennett, MO 11K Dyersburg, TN 17K Millington, TN 11K Paragould, AR 28K Arlington, TN 12K Ellendale, TN 26K Lakeland, TN 13K Bartlett, TN 59K
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Using Blytheville'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 Blytheville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Mississippi 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.