What is the population of Bald Knob city?

Bald Knob city has 2,545 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Bald Knob city?

Median household income in Bald Knob city is $49,107 a year, 37.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bald Knob city?

Median gross rent is $757 a month and the median home value is $136,500, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Bald Knob 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 Bald Knob city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Arkansas · Census place 03280

Bald Knob, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bald Knob, Arkansas (Bald Knob, AR — Census place “Bald Knob city”) is 2,545 residents, ranking #126 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $49,107, the median home is worth $136,500 and median gross rent runs $757 a month. Looking for the Bald Knob Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bald Knob, AR: 72010.

Population: 2,545Bald Knob city residents
Median household income: $49,107Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $136,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $757Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.5%Owner-occupied households

Bald Knob ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bald Knob.

The Bald Knob AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

72010

What the numbers mean in Bald Knob city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bald Knob city median would spend about 18.5% 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 18% of residents and 55.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bald Knob city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bald Knob city is a small town in Arkansas, with 2,545 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #126 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 38.3 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 Bald Knob city earn a median of $49,107 a year, 37.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bald Knob city is valued at $136,500, 55% below the national figure and 6% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $757 a month, 46.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,084 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. 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. 55.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bald Knob city?: Bald Knob city has 2,545 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Bald Knob city?: Median household income in Bald Knob city is $49,107 a year, 37.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bald Knob city?: Median gross rent is $757 a month and the median home value is $136,500, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Bald Knob 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 Bald Knob city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bald Knob 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.