Faulkner County, Arkansas

Faulkner County has a population of 127,717 and has grown 8.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $232,700, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $67,289.

Home price
$232,700
Income
$67,289
Population
127,717
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$232,700county
Median gross rent$1,005county
Median year homes here were built1998county
Share of homes built before 198018.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented37.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,408county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,147county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$989county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,540county
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$67,289county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate14.5%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 home8.5%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government14.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.2%county
Economic output per resident$44,921county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.54%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 time25.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service28 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1145693county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station25 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.3%county
Traffic deaths38.4county
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 higher35.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.4%county
Public schools in the county36county
Public school enrollment18977county
Students per full-time teacher15.6county
Free lunch eligible52.1%county
Elementary schools18county
Middle schools10county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.7%county
Frequent mental distress19.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.8%county

Place

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

Population127,717county
Land area in square miles647county
People per square mile of land197.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores10county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store16.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.1%county
Population change since 2020+8.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.7%county
Share of households that are one person25.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.6%county
Second languages4.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents162county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in3,950county
Households that moved away3,395county
Average income of arriving households$51,215county
Average income of departing households$49,969county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year703county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings43.1%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature62.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation54.7 incounty
Annual snowfall8.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.41 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F67 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing64 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days223 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 24county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$140county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.6¢county
Household electricity use1,021 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity65.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas29.7%county
Homes heated by propane2.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.4%county
Households with broadband92.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk77.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk48.1county
Landslide risk61.7county
Hail risk57.9county
Earthquake risk94.4county
Tornado risk97.1county
Tropical cyclone risk52.8county
Extreme heat risk91.7county
Winter weather risk83.6county
Strong wind risk92.2county
Wildfire risk77.8county

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 teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Faulkner 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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