
Arkansas · Census place 41270
London, AR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of London, Arkansas (London, AR — Census place “London city”) is 1,179 residents, ranking #198 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $49,000, the median home is worth $96,700 and median gross rent runs $804 a month. Looking for the London Arkansas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve London, AR: 72802, 72847.
- Population
- 1,179London city residents
- Median household income
- $49,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $96,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $804Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 30.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.6%Owner-occupied households
London ZIP codes (Arkansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps London.
The London 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 London city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the London city median would spend about 19.7% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.8% of residents and 72.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
London city, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
London city is a small town in Arkansas, with 1,179 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #198 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 30.9 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 London city earn a median of $49,000 a year, 37.6% 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. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 27.8% 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 London city is valued at $96,700, 68.1% below the national figure and 25% below the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $804 a month, 42.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% 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×, 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. 72.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
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 London city?
- London city has 1,179 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #198 of 625 in Arkansas.
- What is the median household income in London city?
- Median household income in London city is $49,000 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in London city?
- Median gross rent is $804 a month and the median home value is $96,700, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
- Is London city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so London city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this London 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.