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Wickes, AR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wickes, AR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,424. 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 WICKES-AR · Wickes, AR 1 ZIPs · 1,424 pop · #24622/25278 · Polk County

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

  • INC-LOW $33,313
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24622/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hatfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,424
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $93,800

Nearest income peer: Hatfield, AR (+ $4,777 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 Wickes

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

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Wickes, 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.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,424
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$33,313
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 ($33,313 average) · poverty 34.9%. The primary code (71973) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wickes as a pure owner town.

Within Arkansas, Gould is the closest lower-income city and Violet Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wickes.

Population concentration

Wickes reads through its lone ZIP, 71973

1,424 ACS residents, one ZIP: 71973 is not the leading code inside Wickes, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Wickes

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 138 employees , annual payroll $8,670k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71973 (12 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Wickes, AR

These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wickes. See the Polk County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Polk County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wickes, Mena, Cove and Hatfield among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Grannis marks the far end of that range at $75,893, 128% above Wickes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71973 1,424 $33,313 12 7
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Wickes 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 Wickes, .