What is the population of Beebe city?

Beebe city has 8,580 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Beebe city?

Median household income in Beebe city is $56,424 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $774 a month and the median home value is $163,400, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

Is Beebe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beebe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Beebe, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Beebe, Arkansas (Beebe, AR — Census place “Beebe city”) is 8,580 residents, ranking #44 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $56,424, the median home is worth $163,400 and median gross rent runs $774 a month. Looking for the Beebe Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Beebe, AR: 72012.

Population: 8,580Beebe city residents
Median household income: $56,424Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $163,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $774Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.7%Owner-occupied households

Beebe ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Beebe.

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

72012

What the numbers mean in Beebe city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Beebe city median would spend about 16.5% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.4% of residents and 64.7% of households own their home.

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

Beebe city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Beebe city is a mid-size town in Arkansas, with 8,580 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #44 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Beebe city earn a median of $56,424 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Beebe city is valued at $163,400, 46.1% below the national figure and 27% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $774 a month, 45% below the national figure, or roughly $9,288 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.7% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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

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What is the population of Beebe city?: Beebe city has 8,580 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Beebe city?: Median household income in Beebe city is $56,424 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Beebe city?: Median gross rent is $774 a month and the median home value is $163,400, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Beebe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beebe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Beebe city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.