Saline County, Arkansas

Saline County has a population of 127,479 and has grown 8.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $221,200, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $79,046.

Home price
$221,200
Income
$79,046
Population
127,479
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$221,200county
Median gross rent$1,033county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198024.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile15.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,547county
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$79,046county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate8.8%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 home10.4%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.4%county
Share of workers employed by government19.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.8%county
Economic output per resident$31,606county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.62%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 time25.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service20 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1145693county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.8 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 station18 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths19.6county
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 higher29.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.3%county
Public schools in the county31county
Public school enrollment20022county
Students per full-time teacher15.4county
Free lunch eligible46.7%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools9county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution15 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians39county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.7%county
Frequent mental distress18.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

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

Population127,479county
Land area in square miles724county
People per square mile of land176.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store28.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.7%county
Population change since 2020+8.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age40.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.4%county
Share of households that are one person24.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.2%county
Second languages6.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls36.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents134county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in3,942county
Households that moved away3,331county
Average income of arriving households$62,954county
Average income of departing households$57,343county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes9county
Housing units authorised in the latest year477county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature63.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.8 incounty
Annual snowfall9.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.43 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F69 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing56 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days230 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 26county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,056 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity56.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.0%county
Homes heated by propane3.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.4%county
Households with broadband89.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk74.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk25.4county
Landslide risk77.4county
Hail risk87.7county
Earthquake risk89.2county
Tornado risk89.1county
Tropical cyclone risk56.1county
Extreme heat risk92.4county
Winter weather risk81.5county
Strong wind risk67.0county
Wildfire risk61.5county

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 teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Saline 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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