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Oil Trough, AR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Oil Trough, AR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 546. 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 OIL-TROUGH-AR · Oil Trough, AR 1 ZIPs · 546 pop · #24949/25278 · Independence County

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

  • INC-LOW $27,107
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24949/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Charlotte
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 546
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $100,900

Nearest income peer: Charlotte, AR (+ $9,484 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 Oil Trough

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Oil Trough 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, Oil Trough, 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.

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
546
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$27,107
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 ($27,107 average) · poverty 22.4%. The primary code (72564) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Oil Trough as a pure owner town.

Within Arkansas, Griffithville is the closest lower-income city and Coal Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Oil Trough.

Population concentration

Oil Trough's single ZIP 72564 carries the town

Oil Trough is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 72564 is the entire residential footprint (546 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Oil Trough

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 9 employees , annual payroll $263k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 72564 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Oil Trough, AR

These ZIP codes sit in Independence County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Oil Trough. See the Independence County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Independence County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Oil Trough, Batesville, Newark and Pleasant Plains among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Rosie marks the far end of that range at $198,636, 633% above Oil Trough.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
72564 546 $27,107 4 7
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Oil Trough roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Oil Trough, .