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Arkansas·Pulaski County
58 tracts·193K people·$236K median·1,603/mi²
White 43 · Black 40 · Hispanic 11 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Living alone 39 · Married couple 35 · Other 26
Health 33 · Professional 26 · Retail 16 · Public admin 8 · Leisure 7 · Manufacturing 7 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 50 · Sales · office 21 · Service 15 · Production · transport 9 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 76 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 12 · Walk 1 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Little Rock is $236,400 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Little Rock has 203,436 residents across 52 census tracts and 48 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.9; the population is 42.7% White, 39.7% Black, 10.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% Multiracial, 3.0% Asian and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 44.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 17.5% (Census ACS).
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (71%), BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (68%) and CHENAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (67%) lead the elementary schools; JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (52%), PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL (46%) and LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL (38%) lead the middle schools; ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL (31%), CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (26%) and LISA ACADEMY WEST HIGH SCHOOL (26%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,106/month, 30% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Little Rock is $63,003 a year, 27% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Little Rock, median rent is $1,106/month and the median home value is $236,400 (Census ACS).
Little Rock reported 18.0 violent crimes and 54.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 34°F; there are 73 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 53 inches; snowfall averages 4 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Little Rock are ice storm (94), earthquake (87) and tornado (83), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.32g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Little Rock scores 12.1 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.3% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).