
Arkansas · FIPS 05031
Craighead ZIP codes — Craighead County, Arkansas
Quick answer
Craighead County is home to 112,097 residents with a median household income of $57,615 and a median home value of $198,700. 59.2% of households own their home and 19.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Craighead ZIP code? 13 ZIP code areas fall inside Craighead County, Arkansas, listed in full below.
- Population
- 112,097Craighead County residents
- Median household income
- $57,615Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $198,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $930Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 59.2%Owner-occupied households
Craighead County, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Craighead County is a mid-size city in Arkansas, with 112,097 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 34.5 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 Craighead County earn a median of $57,615 a year, 26.6% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 19.1% 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 Craighead County is valued at $198,700, 34.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $930 a month, 33.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,160 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% 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 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.2% 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.
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.
ZIP codes in Craighead County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Craighead County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Arkansas
Largest Census places in Arkansas by population.
- Little Rock city 202,739
- Fayetteville city 97,227
- Fort Smith city 89,496
- Springdale city 87,388
- Jonesboro city 79,187
- Rogers city 71,411
- Conway city 66,288
- North Little Rock city 64,504
- Bentonville city 56,326
- Pine Bluff city 40,436
- Hot Springs city 38,023
- Benton city 35,954
Nearby counties
Other counties in Arkansas.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Craighead County?
- Craighead County has 112,097 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Craighead County?
- Median household income in Craighead County is $57,615 a year, 26.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Craighead County?
- Median gross rent is $930 a month and the median home value is $198,700, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
- Is Craighead County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Craighead County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Craighead County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.