City safety & data profile

BryantAR

Bryant, AR is a 20K-resident city in Saline County with a median household income of $83,024.

Saline County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bryant, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bryant has a population larger than 44% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $223,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 45%
By size
$83,024
Median income (place)
$223,200
Median home (place)
5.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bryant

Bryant posts a median household income higher than 53% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Bryant area.

Top 47%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Bryant

Where Bryant income ranks nationally

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

$83,024 Top 47% higher than 53% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bryant $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 Bryant, AR beyond the headline numbers

Bryant sits inside Saline County, Arkansas, at roughly 34.60°N, -92.49°W. Population 19,986, $83,024 median household income. Median home value $223,200, median rent $993. Poverty rate 5.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.6% of Bryant, AR residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Bryant runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.4% of Bryant workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 37.3% in Bryant, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bryant 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)
19,986
Bryant · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$83,024
-7% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$223,200
-46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Saline County): Bryant'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
127K+16%
Median Income
$79,046+43%
Median Home Value
$221,200+60%
Poverty Rate
8.8%+2%
Unemployment
3.9%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bryant, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$993/mo
Poverty Rate
5.6% -55% vs avg
Unemployment 2.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.7%
Work From Home 9.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 71.5%
African American 14.9%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.3%
Short Sleep Duration
36.9%
Obesity
34%
Physical Inactivity
27.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Current Smoking
13.3%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Diabetes
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.1%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
★★
1
0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL-ENCORE
BRYANT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Bryant?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-BRYANT · Bryant

Bryant: 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 Bryant; 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 Bryant, AR?
Bryant, AR has a population of 19,986 people, located in Saline County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Bryant?
The median household income in Bryant, AR is $83,024 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.6%.
What is the median home value in Bryant?
The median home value in Bryant, AR is $223,200. Median rent is $993/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bryant?
The top health indicators in Bryant include High Blood Pressure (37.3%), Short Sleep Duration (36.9%), Obesity (34%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Bryant?
Bryant has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Bryant?
The median age in Bryant, AR is 35.8 years. 37.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (5.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($83,024 here).

Compare Bryant with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Bryant'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 Bryant 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 Bryant 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 (Saline 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.