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Van BurenAR

Van Buren, AR is a 23K-resident city in Crawford County with a median household income of $61,149.

Crawford County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Van Buren, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Van Buren has a population larger than 51% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $181,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

23K
Population (place)
Top 49%
By size
$61,149
Median income (place)
$181,500
Median home (place)
15.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Van Buren

Van Buren posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Van Buren area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Van Buren

Where Van Buren income ranks nationally

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

$61,149 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Van Buren $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 Van Buren, AR beyond the headline numbers

Van Buren sits inside Crawford County, Arkansas, at roughly 35.44°N, -94.35°W. Population 23,081, $61,149 median household income. Median home value $181,500, median rent $847. Poverty rate 15.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Van Buren, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Van Buren, AR stands at 15.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Van Buren runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 3.3% of Van Buren 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: 40.3% in Van Buren, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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)
23,081
Van Buren · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,149
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$181,500
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Crawford County): Van Buren'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
61K-1%
Median Income
$64,132+62%
Median Home Value
$182,800+78%
Poverty Rate
14.7%-27%
Unemployment
4%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Van Buren, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$847/mo
Poverty Rate
15.3% +23% vs avg
Unemployment 5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.9%
Work From Home 3.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 72.8%
African American 2%
Asian 2.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40.3%
Short Sleep Duration
39.2%
Obesity
38.9%
Physical Inactivity
32.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.9%
Current Smoking
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.7%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.2%
Diabetes
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.7%
Annual Checkup 77.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.6%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Van Buren?

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

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Sheet AR-VAN-BUREN · Van Buren

Van Buren: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Van Buren

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Van Buren.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Van Buren, AR? ▼
Van Buren, AR has a population of 23,081 people, located in Crawford County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Van Buren? ▼
The median household income in Van Buren, AR is $61,149 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.3%.
What is the median home value in Van Buren? ▼
The median home value in Van Buren, AR is $181,500. Median rent is $847/month.
What are the top health concerns in Van Buren? ▼
The top health indicators in Van Buren include High Blood Pressure (40.3%), Short Sleep Duration (39.2%), Obesity (38.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Van Buren? ▼
Van Buren has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Van Buren? ▼
The median age in Van Buren, AR is 36.5 years. 20.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (15.3% here).

Waukegan, IL 15.3% Sioux City, IA 15.3% Riverside, OH 15.3% Chambersburg, PA 15.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($61,149 here).

Cohoes, NY $61,145 Freeport, TX $61,134 Covington, KY $61,166 Junction City, KS $61,181

Compare Van Buren with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Fort Smith, AR 88K Fayetteville, AR 83K Siloam Springs, AR 16K Springdale, AR 78K Tahlequah, OK 17K Rogers, AR 63K Centerton, AR 12K Bentonville, AR 44K
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Using Van Buren'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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 (Crawford 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.