Little Rock, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Little Rock city is a mid-size city in Arkansas, with 202,739 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it first of 625 ranked by population. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Little Rock city earn a median of $60,583 a year, 22.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% above 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 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Little Rock city is valued at $221,200, 27.1% below the national figure and 72% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,067 a month, 24.1% below the national figure, or roughly $12,804 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.2% 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.