
Arkansas · Census place 02380
Ashdown, AR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ashdown, Arkansas (Ashdown, AR — Census place “Ashdown city”) is 4,225 residents, ranking #80 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $47,398, the median home is worth $130,900 and median gross rent runs $836 a month. Looking for the Ashdown Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ashdown, AR: 71822.
- Population
- 4,225Ashdown city residents
- Median household income
- $47,398Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $130,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $836Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 73.7%Owner-occupied households
Ashdown ZIP codes (Arkansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ashdown.
The Ashdown AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Ashdown city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ashdown city median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.8% of residents and 73.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ashdown city, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ashdown city is a small town in Arkansas, with 4,225 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #80 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 38.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Ashdown city earn a median of $47,398 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 25.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ashdown city is valued at $130,900, 56.9% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $836 a month, 40.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,032 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Arkansas.
- Gibson CDP 4,141
- Brookland city 4,230
- Nashville city 4,114
- Southside city 4,254
- Gentry city 4,069
- Lonoke city 4,260
- Haskell city 4,035
- Vilonia city 4,405
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ashdown city?
- Ashdown city has 4,225 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 625 in Arkansas.
- What is the median household income in Ashdown city?
- Median household income in Ashdown city is $47,398 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ashdown city?
- Median gross rent is $836 a month and the median home value is $130,900, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
- Is Ashdown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ashdown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ashdown city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.