What is the population of Manila city?

Manila city has 3,675 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Manila city?

Median household income in Manila city is $65,691 a year, 16.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $834 a month and the median home value is $150,300, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.

Is Manila 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 Manila city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Manila, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Manila, Arkansas (Manila, AR — Census place “Manila city”) is 3,675 residents, ranking #92 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $65,691, the median home is worth $150,300 and median gross rent runs $834 a month. Looking for the Manila Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Manila, AR: 72442.

Population: 3,675Manila city residents
Median household income: $65,691Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $150,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $834Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63%Owner-occupied households

Manila ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Manila.

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

72442

What the numbers mean in Manila city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Manila city median would spend about 15.2% 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 13.7% of residents and 63% of households own their home.

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

Manila city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Manila city is a small town in Arkansas, with 3,675 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #92 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 31.2 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 Manila city earn a median of $65,691 a year, 16.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% above 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 13.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Manila city is valued at $150,300, 50.5% below the national figure and 17% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $834 a month, 40.7% below the national figure, or roughly $10,008 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% 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. 63% 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.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Manila city?: Manila city has 3,675 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Manila city?: Median household income in Manila city is $65,691 a year, 16.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manila city?: Median gross rent is $834 a month and the median home value is $150,300, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
Is Manila 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 Manila city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Manila 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.