Pine Bluff.
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Arkansas·Jefferson County
19 tracts·30K people·$89K median·679/mi²
Black 76 · White 17 · Multiracial 4 · Hispanic 2 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Other 38 · Living alone 35 · Married couple 27
Health 34 · Manufacturing 17 · Professional 16 · Retail 13 · Public admin 9 · Leisure 7 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 28 · Production · transport 27 · Service 24 · Sales · office 17 · Construction · maintenance 4
Drive alone 85 · Carpool 15 · Work from home 2 · Transit 1 · Walk 1 · Bike 1
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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 Pine Bluff is $89,400 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Pine Bluff has 39,743 residents across 13 census tracts and 15 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.5; the population is 76.2% Black, 16.7% White, 3.5% Multiracial, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.5 people; 20.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 24.0% (Census ACS).
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF (38%), FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF (34%) and MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (16%) lead the elementary schools; FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF (23%), WATSON CHAPEL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (12%) and PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (8%) lead the middle schools; WATSON CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL (7%) and PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL (5%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $855/month, 46% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Pine Bluff is $42,718 a year, 50% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Pine Bluff, median rent is $855/month and the median home value is $89,400 (Census ACS).
Pine Bluff reported 16.6 violent crimes and 48.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 35°F; there are 71 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 56 inches; snowfall averages 2 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Pine Bluff are ice storm (97), strong wind (92) and earthquake (86), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.26g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Pine Bluff scores 8.2 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.2% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).