Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County has a population of 113,249 and has grown 5.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $210,400, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $59,548.

Home price
$210,400
Income
$59,548
Population
113,249
Unemployment
5.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$210,400county
Median gross rent$958county
Median year homes here were built1992county
Share of homes built before 198033.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented39.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,375county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,040county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$870county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,402county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$59,548county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate20.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.8%county
Unemployment rate5.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.0%county
Share of workers employed by government14.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.7%county
Economic output per resident$64,098county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.53%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service67 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2439366county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station23 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.4%county
Traffic deaths39.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher29.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.2%county
Public schools in the county36county
Public school enrollment20332county
Students per full-time teacher14.3county
Free lunch eligible66.8%county
Elementary schools20county
Middle schools7county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians123county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.0%county
Frequent mental distress21.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population113,249county
Land area in square miles707county
People per square mile of land160.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores21county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store20.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.4%county
Population change since 2020+5.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.9%county
Share of households that are one person28.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.7%county
Second languages6.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls60.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents200county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in3,092county
Households that moved away2,872county
Average income of arriving households$46,593county
Average income of departing households$49,879county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes20county
Housing units authorised in the latest year973county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.4%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature62.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.0 incounty
Annual snowfall5.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.40 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F61 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing61 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days223 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 27county
Average first fall frostNov 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.0¢county
Household electricity use1,197 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity57.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas36.3%county
Homes heated by propane4.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband88.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk78.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk92.1county
Landslide risk70.1county
Hail risk67.4county
Earthquake risk97.8county
Tornado risk97.7county
Tropical cyclone risk56.8county
Extreme heat risk95.2county
Winter weather risk91.0county
Strong wind risk75.0county
Wildfire risk43.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Craighead County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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