City safety & data profile

JacksonvilleAR

Jacksonville, AR is a 29K-resident city in Pulaski County with a median household income of $49,666.

Pulaski County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jacksonville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jacksonville has a population larger than 61% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $163,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

29K
Population (place)
Top 39%
By size
$49,666
Median income (place)
$163,400
Median home (place)
19.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jacksonville

Jacksonville posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Jacksonville area.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Jacksonville

Where Jacksonville income ranks nationally

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

$49,666 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Jacksonville $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 Jacksonville, AR beyond the headline numbers

Jacksonville sits inside Pulaski County, Arkansas, at roughly 34.87°N, -92.11°W. Population 28,643, $49,666 median household income. Median home value $163,400, median rent $930. Poverty rate 19.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

19.8% of Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.8% of Jacksonville 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: 41% in Jacksonville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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

Jacksonville's median age is 32.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Jacksonville 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)
28,643
Jacksonville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,666
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,400
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pulaski County): Jacksonville'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
400K+4%
Median Income
$62,873+37%
Median Home Value
$214,700+53%
Poverty Rate
16.7%-3%
Unemployment
4.7%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jacksonville, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$930/mo
Poverty Rate
19.8% +60% vs avg
Unemployment 7.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.1%
Work From Home 7.8%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 36.8%
African American 48.8%
Asian 1.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.5%
High Blood Pressure
41%
Short Sleep Duration
40.7%
Physical Inactivity
31.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.8%
Current Smoking
15.7%
Binge Drinking
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.7%
Diabetes
12.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.7%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Jacksonville?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-JACKSONVILLE-AR · Jacksonville

Jacksonville: 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 Jacksonville; 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 Jacksonville, AR? ▼
Jacksonville, AR has a population of 28,643 people, located in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Jacksonville? ▼
The median household income in Jacksonville, AR is $49,666 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 19.8%.
What is the median home value in Jacksonville? ▼
The median home value in Jacksonville, AR is $163,400. Median rent is $930/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jacksonville? ▼
The top health indicators in Jacksonville include Obesity (41.5%), High Blood Pressure (41%), Short Sleep Duration (40.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Jacksonville? ▼
Jacksonville has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Jacksonville? ▼
The median age in Jacksonville, AR is 32.4 years. 22.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (19.8% here).

East Moline, IL 19.8% Martinsburg, WV 19.8% Harper Woods, MI 19.8% Lake City, FL 19.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($49,666 here).

Warrensville Heights, OH $49,669 Thomasville, GA $49,673 Campbellsville, KY $49,644 Arkansas City, KS $49,629

Compare Jacksonville 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

Sherwood, AR 31K Cabot, AR 26K North Little Rock, AR 67K Little Rock, AR 203K Maumelle, AR 18K Conway, AR 65K Bryant, AR 20K Searcy, AR 24K
All cities in Arkansas → Compare Jacksonville vs Sherwood → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Jacksonville'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 Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville 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 (Pulaski 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.