De Valls Bluff, AR

Census Place

2024 Population

553

US Senator

John Boozman

Republican Party

US Senator

Tom Cotton

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

41.9

23.4% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

21.7%

6.23% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$27,361

4.83% 1-year decline

2022 Median Property Value

Economy

The economy of De Valls Bluff, AR employs 121 people. In 2024, the largest industries in De Valls Bluff, AR were Retail Trade (40 people), Manufacturing (26 people), and Construction (12 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($27,500) and Retail Trade ($13,529).

Employment

Occupations

121

2024 Value

± 99

−15.4%

1 Year decline

± 132%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in De Valls Bluff, AR declined at a rate of −15.4%, from 143 employees to 121 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in De Valls Bluff, AR, are Material Moving Occupations (33 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (21 people), and Production Occupations (17 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of De Valls Bluff, AR.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Arkansas.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Arkansas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

121

2024 Value

± 99

−15.4%

1 Year decline

± 132%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in De Valls Bluff, AR declined at a rate of −15.4%, from 143 employees to 121 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in De Valls Bluff, AR, are Retail Trade (40 people), Manufacturing (26 people), and Construction (12 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of De Valls Bluff, AR, though some of these residents may live in De Valls Bluff, AR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,000

Median earning men ± $23,641

$22,386

Median earning women ± $9,262

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($4,712).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are .

Housing & Living

The median property value in De Valls Bluff, AR was $37,400 in 2022, which is 0.112 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $32,500 to $37,400, a 15.1% increase. The homeownership rate in De Valls Bluff, AR is 52.5%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in De Valls Bluff, AR have an average commute time of 26.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in De Valls Bluff, AR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$37,400

Median Property Value 2022

±$10,730

$115

Median Property Taxes

±$66

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In De Valls Bluff, AR the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in De Valls Bluff, AR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$27,361

Median Household Income

± $19,378

219

Number of Households

± 80

In 2024, the median household income of the 219 households in De Valls Bluff, AR declined from $27,361 from the previous year's value of $28,750.

The following chart displays the households in De Valls Bluff, AR distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for De Valls Bluff, AR is from Arkansas.

0.445

2024 Wage GINI in Arkansas

0.448

2023 Wage GINI in Arkansas

In 2024, the income inequality in Arkansas was 0.445 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.844% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Arkansas was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Arkansas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Arkansas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (83.6%)
Other (11.8%)
Carpooled (4.55%)

In 2024, 83.6% of workers in De Valls Bluff, AR drove alone to work, followed by those who used some unspecified means to get work (11.8%) and those who carpooled to work (4.55%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in De Valls Bluff, AR have a longer commute time (26.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.73% of the workforce in De Valls Bluff, AR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in De Valls Bluff, AR compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in De Valls Bluff, AR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in De Valls Bluff, AR have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

21.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in De Valls Bluff, AR (120 out of 553 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in De Valls Bluff, AR is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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