What is the population of Elkins city?

Elkins city has 3,710 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #90 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Elkins city?

Median household income in Elkins city is $81,111 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,293 a month and the median home value is $190,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elkins city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Arkansas · Census place 21190

Elkins, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elkins, Arkansas (Elkins, AR — Census place “Elkins city”) is 3,710 residents, ranking #90 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $81,111, the median home is worth $190,100 and median gross rent runs $1,293 a month. Looking for the Elkins Arkansas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Elkins, AR: 72701, 72727.

Population: 3,710Elkins city residents
Median household income: $81,111Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $190,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,293Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84.4%Owner-occupied households

Elkins ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elkins.

The Elkins AR ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Elkins city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elkins city median would spend about 19.1% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.8% of residents and 84.4% of households own their home.

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

Elkins city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elkins city is a small town in Arkansas, with 3,710 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #90 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 32.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Elkins city earn a median of $81,111 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 65% above the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elkins city is valued at $190,100, 37.3% below the national figure and 47% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,293 a month, 8% below the national figure, or roughly $15,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% 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 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 84.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Elkins city?: Elkins city has 3,710 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #90 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Elkins city?: Median household income in Elkins city is $81,111 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elkins city?: Median gross rent is $1,293 a month and the median home value is $190,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Elkins city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elkins city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elkins 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.