Jericho, AR

Census Place

2024 Population

119

US Senator

John Boozman

Republican Party

US Senator

Tom Cotton

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

48.7

0.205% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

3.36%

50.4% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$66,528

4.61% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

Economy

The economy of Jericho, AR employs 63 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Jericho, AR were Educational Services (34 people), Transportation & Warehousing (12 people), and Utilities (8 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($51,667), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($51,103), and Utilities ($37,500).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 97

1.61%

1 Year growth

± 218%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jericho, AR grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 62 employees to 63 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Jericho, AR, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (34 people), Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors (9 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (8 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Jericho, 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

2024 Value

± 97

1.61%

1 Year growth

± 218%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jericho, AR grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 62 employees to 63 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Jericho, AR, are Educational Services (34 people), Transportation & Warehousing (12 people), and Utilities (8 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Jericho, AR, though some of these residents may live in Jericho, AR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$37,188

Median earning men ± $61,087

$51,105

Median earning women ± $287

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($69,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($51,103).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Jericho, AR was $97,500 in 2023, which is 0.293 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $112,500 to $97,500, a 13.3% decrease. The homeownership rate in Jericho, AR is 55.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Jericho, AR have an average commute time of 28.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Jericho, AR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$97,500

Median Property Value 2023

±$87,430

$16

Median Property Taxes

±$36

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 Jericho, AR the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

55.2%

Homeownership

2024

72%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 55.2% of the housing units in Jericho, AR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 57.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Jericho, AR compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

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

$66,528

Median Household Income

± $18,987

Number of Households

± 39

In 2024, the median household income of the 29 households in Jericho, AR grew to $66,528 from the previous year's value of $63,594.

The following chart displays the households in Jericho, 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 $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Jericho, 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 (50.8%)
Carpooled (31.7%)
Worked At Home (17.5%)

In 2024, 50.8% of workers in Jericho, AR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (31.7%) and those who worked at home (17.5%).

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

28.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Jericho, AR have a longer commute time (28.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Jericho, AR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.36% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Jericho, AR (4 out of 119 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Jericho, AR is Black, followed by White and Native American.

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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