72802Russellville, Arkansas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 72802.

59out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 48% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3338th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured53
GrowthTop 34% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured59
Housing affordabilityTop 14% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured98
Climate4416th of 6,789 ZIP areas measured65
Physical resilience4689th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured37
Access6276th of 6,791 ZIP areas measured63
Economic stability5344th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured41
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.2% and median household income $64,110, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 17% of median household income and the median home is 3.2 times it.

A typical July reaches 93°F and a typical January falls to 30°F, on thirty-year normals.

At a glance

Population
23,283
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$64,110
Bottom 37% nationally
Density
169/sq mi
137.7 sq mi of land
Median age
40.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Russellville
Arkansas
Metro area
Russellville, AR
Nearest major airport
LIT
63 mi · Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Fld
Median home value
$203,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.2% is lower than 22% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.9% over the past year, to 13,125 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$5,475$64,110Bottom 37%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,608$34,476Bottom 43%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate16.1%Top 28%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute22.4 minBottom 22%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher30.8%Top 33%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment13,125Bottom 6%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.0%Top 25%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.9%Top 13%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force13,841Bottom 7%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation58.4%Bottom 41%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.2%Top 43%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate5.2%Top 22%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202464k58k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $64,110 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Russellville, AR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $888 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$888
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$203,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income3.17Top 48%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate77.3%Bottom 46%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5319,870Top 17%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$70$888Bottom 36%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$18,937$203,400Bottom 45%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.6%Bottom 42%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.1%Bottom 38%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
59/ 100
Top 34% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 20% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
50
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.7
Bottom 36% nationally
Year over year
+72%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
20.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Russellville, AR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 30°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 46.4 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station RUSSELLVILLE MUNI AP, 4.3 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation46.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low30°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing42°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

37 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and ice storm.

Ice stormHigh
EarthquakeElevated
Winter weatherModerate
Inland floodingHigh
LightningModerate
LandslideModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, heat wave, strong wind, wildfire, hail, drought, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Pope County records 4.6 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 16.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 9.7 per 100,000 residents in Pope County.

Homicide
4.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
16.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
9.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
20.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Pope County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 72802 rather than 72802 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 63 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams FldLIT63 mi8,273 ft
Fort Smith RgnlFSM72 mi9,318 ft
Northwest Arkansas NtlXNA96 mi8,801 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

72802 vs Russellville

How this ZIP area compares with Russellville as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

72802
Russellville
Median household income
$64,110
vs
$50,877
Per capita income
$34,476
vs
$27,697
Population density
169/sq mi
vs
1,030/sq mi
Median home value
$203,400
vs
$172,400
Median gross rent
$888
vs
$842
Homeownership rate
77.3%
vs
55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
30.8%
vs
28.8%
Poverty rate
16.1%
vs
20.8%
Median age
40.0
vs
30.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.