PlainZIP

Bay, AR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bay, AR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,294. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BAY-AR · Bay, AR 1 ZIPs · 2,294 pop · #19787/25278 · Craighead County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $55,625
  • RANK-LOWER #19787/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Jonesboro
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 59% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,294
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $111,400

Nearest income peer: Jonesboro, AR (+ $2,174 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bay

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bay on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bay, AR sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

22nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,294
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$55,625
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($55,625 average) · poverty 22.8%. The primary code (72411) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (58.9%) for this income tier, rent $1,028 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Arkansas, Lexa is the closest lower-income city and Perryville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bay.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 72411, is all of Bay

There is no split to weigh here: 72411 holds every one of Bay's 2,294 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Bay

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 149 employees , annual payroll $6,840k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 72411 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (5) · also Construction · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Bay, AR

These ZIP codes sit in Craighead County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bay. See the Craighead County roll-up →

Bay sits in the lower half of Craighead County on income: Jonesboro, Bono and Brookland report more, Caraway, Cash and Egypt report less. Egypt marks the far end of that range at $28,750, 48% below Bay.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
72411 2,294 $55,625 25 23
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