What is the population of Huntsville city?

Huntsville city has 3,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #105 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Huntsville city?

Median household income in Huntsville city is $52,472 a year, 33.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $591 a month and the median home value is $146,300, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.

Is Huntsville 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 Huntsville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Arkansas · Census place 33970

Huntsville, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Huntsville, Arkansas (Huntsville, AR — Census place “Huntsville city”) is 3,086 residents, ranking #105 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $52,472, the median home is worth $146,300 and median gross rent runs $591 a month. Looking for the Huntsville Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Huntsville, AR: 72740.

Population: 3,086Huntsville city residents
Median household income: $52,472Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $146,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $591Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.8%Owner-occupied households

Huntsville ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Huntsville.

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

72740

What the numbers mean in Huntsville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Huntsville city median would spend about 13.5% 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 20.4% of residents and 60.8% of households own their home.

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

Huntsville city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Huntsville city is a small town in Arkansas, with 3,086 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #105 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 34.4 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 Huntsville city earn a median of $52,472 a year, 33.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% 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 20.4% 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 Huntsville city is valued at $146,300, 51.8% below the national figure and 13% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $591 a month, 58% below the national figure, or roughly $7,092 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.5% 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. 60.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Huntsville city?: Huntsville city has 3,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #105 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Huntsville city?: Median household income in Huntsville city is $52,472 a year, 33.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Huntsville city?: Median gross rent is $591 a month and the median home value is $146,300, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.
Is Huntsville 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 Huntsville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Huntsville 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.